Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Atkins
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 1952No. 18,265PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrumpacker, J.
This appeal is concerned wholly with the legal construction of Item I of the second codicil to the will of the late Sallie E. Coleman, deceased, which the court below concluded vests no legal rights in the appellants and so adjudged. The item in controversy reads as follows:
“I give, devise and bequeath to the Mutual Service Foundation of Indianapolis, a charitable Association for the benefit of needy women in Marion County and in which I have long been interested, my home and residence located at 1006 N. Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, together with all curtains,…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mitchell v. MitchellIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Common Council of Richmond v. State ex rel. MendenhallIndiana Supreme Court · 1854
- Snodgrass v. BrandenburgIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
- Bartholomee v. Town of LowellIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Lumpkin v. RodgersIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cuppett v. NeillyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
- Forth v. ForthIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- East v. Estate of EastIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
- Estate of Hibbs v. Indiana Department of State Revenue, Inheritance Tax DivisionIndiana Tax Court · 1994
- St. Mary's Medical Center, Inc. v. McCarthyIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005
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