Legal Opinion

Knight v. Knight

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 24, 1923No. 23674PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.

This is an appeal to settle the principles of the cause from a decree of the chancery court of Tunica county. The question involved is whether the following instrument of writing is a will or a deed:

“For and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars to me this day cash in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and for the futher consideration of love and affection which I have for my two daughters Corneil Cannarck Knight and Dorothy Thomas Knight, who are *77now both minors, I convey and warrant to them and their children after them, a remainder interest in certain tracts or…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wall v. WallMississippi Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Cox v. ReedMississippi Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Simpson v. McGeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Kelly v. CovingtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Thomas v. ByrdMississippi Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gaston v. MitchellMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Tapley v. McManusMississippi Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. MurphyWashington Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. MurphyWashington Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Ates v. AtesMississippi Supreme Court · 1940

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