Dunlap v. Fant
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Andrew Conner died in 1853, leaving a will in which the following clause occurs: “I will and devise all my real estate to my beloved wife, Rosanna, for and during her natural life, for the use and benefit of herself and such ■ of her children as shall live with her, . . . and upon the death of my said wife, said real estate shall go and descend to my lawful heirs, share and share alike..
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From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Andrew Conner died in 1853, leaving a will in which the following clause occurs: “I will and devise all my real estate to my beloved wife, Rosanna, for and during her natural life, for the use and benefit of herself and such ■ of her children as shall live with her, . . . and upon the death of my said wife, said real estate shall go and descend to my lawful heirs, share and share alike.. But not to be divided or disposed of until my daughter, Mary A. E. Conner, attains to the age of twenty-one years or marries, at which time, if my wife be not…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
By reading the whole will of Conner, it appears that the following disposition was made of his real estate: (1) A life estate was given to his wife, Rosanna. (2) On the death of the tenant for life the fee was given to such of his children as should then be alive, but if any child should have died leaving children, such children should take the part the parent would have taken if alive. But the estate should not be divided so as to break up the domestic establishment (a farm)’ until the daughter, Mary A. E. Conner, should arrive at the age of twenty-one or marry.
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