Legal Opinion

Glover v. Glover

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided June 12, 1923PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBe Own, J.

This lawsuit arises out of the widow’s rejection of her husband’s will and the enforcement of her legal rights to the family homestead.

The plaintiff asserts that the donor intended equality. “Equality is equity.” However, it was the testator’s privilege to say what, if any, portion of his property should be given to the plaintiff.

In the case at bar, the will shows on its face that the testator did not intend to treat his heirs at law equally. Moreover, the dissatisfied plaintiff seems to have been favored by his father’s will, above all others. To his grandchildren, the children of his…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Disston's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  2. Estate of VanceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  3. Wilbanks v. WilbanksIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  4. Crocker v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
  5. Leet v. BarrOregon Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Overland v. JacksonOregon Supreme Court · 1928
  2. In re Estate of CrowMontgomery County Probate Court · 1940
  3. Decker v. DeckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  4. Lambert v. GloverOregon Supreme Court · 1923

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