Legal Opinion

Amos v. Amos

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1889No. 13,167PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From the Rush Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Elliott, C. J. —

The facts in this case are the same as in the case of Amos v. Amos, ante, p. 19, and the controversy grows out of the same instruments to which we there gave a construction. The principal controversy here is between the widow of Liford K. Amos and the grantor in the deed referred to in that case, she claiming the entire estate in the land conveyed to her husband for life by his grandfather, while the grandfather, Joseph J. Amos, Sr., claims that the title to two-thirds, at least, of the land reverted to him. The other parties claim, as in the former case, that they took the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. McNutt v. McNuttIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Davidson v. KoehlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Davidson v. BatesIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Kenney v. PhillipyIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Brown v. HarmonIndiana Supreme Court · 1881

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Fowler v. DuhmeIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Heilman v. HeilmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Archer v. JacobsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  4. Bruce v. BissellIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Taylor v. StephensIndiana Supreme Court · 1905

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