O'Connell v. O'Connell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. O. S. LEWIS. Bill by G. A. O’Connell against Alice O’Connell and others to quiet title to land. From a decree rendered, complainant appeals, with cross-appeal by one of respondents.
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Appeal from Montgomery Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. O. S. LEWIS. Bill by G. A. O’Connell against Alice O’Connell and others to quiet title to land. From a decree rendered, complainant appeals, with cross-appeal by one of respondents. The will of Lucy O’Connell as to the items mentioned is as follows : Item 2. The property in this will given, bequeath or devised to each of my daughters shall be held as follows: The said personal property absolutely, and the real estate for and during the time of her natural life, and at her death to her children, share and share alike, but she may at any…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
This bill was filed by the appellant, G. A. O’Connell, against the appellees, his children, and cross-complainant, Alice O’Connell, his sister, to quiet title to certain real estate devised to him by his mother, Lucy A. O’Connell. The sole question for determination on this appeal is the construction of the will of Lucy A. O’Connell in so far as the same affects the parties to this cause and the property involved. The report of the case will contain items 2, 7, 8, and 16 of the will.
(1-6) It will be noted that the property devised to George A. O’Connell, appellant here, was without any…
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