Legal Opinion

Hickman v. Hickman ex rel. Hickman

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1966No. 44073PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This case involves a testamentary trust of a stated sum of money for each of two minors, to be “put in a fund so that they will not start drawing their money until they start college.” The Chancery Court of Winston County held that this created *854an estate in the funds, vested in interest in the two minors, but not vested in possession; that the executor should serve as testamentary trustee, and the trust estate, not that of testator, should receive the interest on the fund. We affirm.

Dr. Walter B. Hickman died in 1962, leaving a holographic will. It named his son and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. Atchison v. FrancisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  3. Gordon v. JamesMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Hays v. ColeMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  5. McClelland v. Bank of ClarksdaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. May v. HuntMississippi Supreme Court · 1981

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