Legal Opinion · Dissent
Old Ladies Home Ass'n v. Grubbs' Estate
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1940No. 34384Published
1Dissent
DISSENTING OPINION.
In my opinion the devise of real property and the bequest of money, the proceeds of the sale of real property, were valid, and the suggestion of error should be sustained.
The provisions are "That the house and lot now owned by me in the town of Osyka, shall be given to the Old Ladies' Home in Jackson, Mississippi, . . ." And, "Any moneys remaining after all expenses shall have been met shall likewise go to the Old Ladies' Home in Jackson, Mississippi."
In this opinion reference to devise of lands will include the bequest of money provision.
Appellant is a Mississippi…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sherman v. Richmond Hose Co. No. 2New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Williams v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
- Doan v. Vestry of the Parish of the AscensionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
- Danforth v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
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