Legal Opinion

Miller v. Miller

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1923PublishedCited by 61 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County.— Hon. Chas. Hays Beown, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall

This cause involves the constitutionality of chapter 29 of the Public Acts of 1923, which is an act concerning and regulating declaratory judgments.

If the act be held constitutional, then another question arises, and that is, the proper construction of the will of R. T. Miller, deceased.

Mr. Miller, the testator, died at his residence in Knox county on September 14, 1921, leaving a. last will and testament, which, among other clauses, is clause 3, which reads as follows:

“Third: I will and devise to my loving wife, Sarah C. Miller, all of my real estate of every kind and description that I die…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Muskrat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. California v. San Pablo & Tulare RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Anway v. Grand Rapids Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Owners of Lands v. People ex rel. StookeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Grider v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1884

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3Cited by61 opinions

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  4. Kariher's Petition (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. State v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2000

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