Owens v. Estate of Owens
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lafayette county. Hon. James 0. Longstrbet, Chancellor. Silas Owens died in 1889, leaving a will. He left an estate of about $100,000. In his will he devised and bequeathed all his property except $5,000, which he bequeathed to the lady he afterwards married, to his four children. At the time of the execution of this will he was a widower, but afterwards married, and had two more children by this last marriage.
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From the chancery court of Lafayette county. Hon. James 0. Longstrbet, Chancellor. Silas Owens died in 1889, leaving a will. He left an estate of about $100,000. In his will he devised and bequeathed all his property except $5,000, which he bequeathed to the lady he afterwards married, to his four children. At the time of the execution of this will he was a widower, but afterwards married, and had two more children by this last marriage. He appointed A. T. Owens and Bern Price executors of his will. The will provided that, when any of said children should marry or become of age, their share…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. We have given this case, in all its details, the most thorough and painstaking consideration. The principles which must control it are not new. They are well considered and have been long established. We shall refer to no authorities in the course of this opinion, for the reason that counsel on both sides have, in their briefs, collated the authorities applicable, in the most admirable manner; and we content ourselves with referring to those authorities, all of which we have carefully examined.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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