Phillips v. Brown
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass and Ejectment. Heard by the court, jury trial being waived.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The plaintiff sues in trespass and ejectment, upon his title to the land in question, as residuary legatee under the will of John Kelton, deceased. By this will Kelton devised his real estate to his wife, Sally Kelton, “ to have and to hold the same for and during her life, and if at any time during her life the rents, profits, and issues of said property shall not be sufficient to maintain my said wife in a comfortable manner, then I hereby authorize my said wife to sell so much and such part of my said property as she may think proper necessary for her support from time to time as necessity…
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- Hay v. MayerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Brunswick Savings Institution v. CrossmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1885
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- Ruby v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953