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Wood v. Davis

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 16, 1929No. 6845PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The question to be decided turns mainly upon a construction of the will, in order to determine whether the money derived from the sale of the property devised, over and above the par value of the property invested, goes to the life-tenant or to the remaindermen. The Civil Code (1910), § 3667 provides: “The natural increase of the property belongs to the tenant for life. Any extraordinary accumulation of the corpus, such as issue of new stock upon a share of an incorporated or joint stock company, attaches to the corpus and goes with it to the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gibbons v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Gray v. DarlingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Hayes v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
  4. Matter of Final Accounting of GerryNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. Graham's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. MertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  2. Old Colony Trust Co. v. ComstockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  3. Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co. v. MorseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
  4. Citizens & Southern National Bank v. FlemingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  5. National Audubon Society, Inc., a Corporation v. MacLean Marshall, Individually, and as TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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