Legal Opinion
Messner v. Demotte
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 22, 1948No. 17,761PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDraper, J.
This action involves the right of the estate of Ollie Richereek to receive a portion of a trust fund established by the Last Will and Testament of William C. Smith, a wealthy bachelor who died testate in 1911 in Warren County. The trial court held in favor of the estate.
Clause 43 of the will is the only one in which we are interested. It provides that nine of Smith’s nieces and nephews, one of whom was Ollie Richereek, should share the income from a trust fund during their lives, and at the death of any of them the portion of the fund from which that one had derived the income should go to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ebenezer Old People's Home of the Evangelical Church v. BernhardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1935
- Hulet v. Crawfordsville Trust Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1946
- Ebenezer's Old People's Home of Evangelical Ass'n of Ebenezer v. South Bend Old People's Home, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1943
- Newlin v. NewlinIndiana Court of Appeals · 1944
- Estate of GreenewayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by9 opinions
- K.S. v. R.S.Indiana Supreme Court · 1996
- Revocable Inter Vivos Trust of Loeb v. WollIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
- Matter of Trust Created Under AgreementIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
- Massey v. St. Joseph Bank and Trust Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Lowe v. JohnsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
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