Philips v. Crews
Supreme Court of Georgia
Non-suit. Estates. Pleadings. Remainder. Practice in the Superior Court. Wills. Before Judge CRAWFORDMuscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
Mrs. Anna Davie died leaving a will, by the third item of which she gave to her son, P. J. Philips, two $1,000.00 bonds of the M. & G. Railroad, one $1,000.00 of the city of Columbus, and money enough to make them of par value. By the sixth item it is declared “ That portion of my estate which I have given to my son, Pleasant J. Philips, is for and to him alone, which he is to have, hold and enjoy without let or hindrance for and during his natural life, and if he dies without issue, child or children, at his death; it is to be equally divided between his surviving brothers…
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