Legal Opinion
Felts v. Felts
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1949PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cailor
This appeal necessitates the construction of the following clause of the will of T. L. Felts, which was probated in Robertson County in 1919, shortly after the death of the testator:
“I Will and bequeath, my Entire Estate both real & Personal, to my Wife her life time my Debts all being paid, At the death of my Wife Sarah. Felts, I then direct that my two daughters Birtie Felts & Bell Felts Shall have my Entire Estate both personal and Real So long as they Remain Single or. their life time should they never mary at the death of Either of them the Surviving one shall have the use of the Entire…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Forrest v. PorchTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
- Allen v. BoardmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Rinks v. GordonTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Hobson v. HobsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
- McClench v. WaldronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re Estate of LarsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
- Burton v. KinneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
- Burdick v. GilpinTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
- Jackson v. LeeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1964
- Hammer v. Road America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1985
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