Legal Opinion
SHEVLIN v. Colony Lutheran Church
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 1, 1955No. 17047PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
We are called upon on this appeal to construe the will of Sylvenus v. Shevlin. The testator, after providing for the payment of his debts, funeral expenses and the erection of a suitable monument at his grave, disposed of his estate as follows:
“Item III. I will, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Dora Dominick Shevlin, all real estate of every nature and description of which I may die seized and possessed, and also all my personal property of every nature and description and dioses in action and money, that is to say to the said Dora Dominick Shevlin all my property of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Byrne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Kent v. MorrisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Lemmon v. WilsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1944
- Rogers v. ROGERSSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1952
- Wates v. Fairfield Forest Products Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Estate of Theodore Geddings Tarver, Deceased, the Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Shelley v. ShelleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
- Spell v. TraxlerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
- King v. South Carolina Tax CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- Watson v. WALLSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
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