Watkins v. Quarles
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court iu^ Chancery. Hon. William C. Sevens, Circuit Judge. The first question presented is, who became entitled to the half of the slaves which we contend would have vested in John M., had he arrived at the age of twenty-one years; or, in the issue of his body surviving, had he died under that age, absolutely? It is perfectly obvious that it was the intention of the testator, that upon the happening of a certain event, (the death of John M. Walker,…
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Appeal from White Circuit Court iu^ Chancery. Hon. William C. Sevens, Circuit Judge. The first question presented is, who became entitled to the half of the slaves which we contend would have vested in John M., had he arrived at the age of twenty-one years; or, in the issue of his body surviving, had he died under that age, absolutely? It is perfectly obvious that it was the intention of the testator, that upon the happening of a certain event, (the death of John M. Walker, without bodily heirs,) the whole of the residue of his estate, real and’personal, should pass to and be enjoyed by his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
James Walker died, in the early part of 1852, leaving a wife, Mary Walker; a daughter, Mary Walker, then wife of Alexander S. Walker; a son, John M. Walker, and a grand-daughter, Emily Sophronia Walker, only surviving child of Crawford Walker, a deceased son of James Walker.
A short time before his death, James Walker made a will, in which, after appointing Alexander S. Walker and Mary Walker the wife of the testator, executor and executrix, he devised his entire estate as follows:
“ Second. I give and bequeath to my grand-daughter, Emily Sophronia Walker, minor heir of my son, Crawford Walker,…
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