Roberts v. Lewis
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was an action of ejectment, brought June 11, 1887, by-Walter E. Lewis against Artemas Roberts, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, to recover possession of six lots in the town of South Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was an action of ejectment, brought June 11, 1887, by-Walter E. Lewis against Artemas Roberts, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, to recover possession of six lots in the town of South Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska. The Circuit Court gave judgment' for the plaintiff, and the case was taken by writ of error to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which certified to this court the following facts: On May 10, 1869, Jacob Dawson duly made his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This certificate distinctly presents for decision the question (argued, but not decided, when this case was before this court at a former term, reported in 144 U. S. 653) of the construction of the will of Jacob Dawson, the material part of which was as follows:
“To my beloved wife, Editha J. Dawson, I give and bequeath all my estate, real and personal, of which I may die seized, the. same to be and remain hers, with full power, right and authority to dispose of the same as to her shall seem most meet and proper, so long as she shall remain my widow, upon the express condition, however, that…
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