Legal Opinion

Harwell v. Harwell

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1924PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney

Complainant, Mary Josephine Harwell, insists that she takes a fee-simple title to the real property devised to her by the third item of her father’s will, which is as follows:

“I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Josephine Harwell, and her bodily heirs, if she should die leaving no heir or if she should leave an heir or heirs, and they should die before they come to their majority of their years, then said land revert back to my estate to be equally disposed of. Said lands lying and being in the 20th district of Giles county, Tennessee, on the waters of Bradshaw creek, and bounded as…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Scruggs v. MayberryTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Boyd v. RobinsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Franklin v. FranklinTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
  4. A. H. Andrews & Co. v. CurtisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893
  5. Armstrong v. DouglassTennessee Supreme Court · 1890

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Campbell v. Lewisberg & Northern R. R.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Briggs v. Estate of BriggsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  3. Butler v. ParkerTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Harris v. BittikoferTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Cheatham v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 1951

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