Legal Opinion
Meglemry v. Meglemry
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 15, 1931No. 6 Div. 657PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The appeal is from a decree construing the last will of Clarence E. Meglemry, deceased.
The rules of testamentary construction are well understood. The will of the testator, if legal, is the law of that instrument, Steele v. Crute, 208 Ala. 2, 93 So. 694; Fowlkes v. Clay, 205 Ala. 523, 88 So. 651; Ralls v. Johnson, 200 Ala. 178, 75 So. 926; Schowalter v. Schowalter, 217 Ala. 418, 116 So. 116; Willis v. Barrow, 218 Ala. 549, 119 So. 678; Myrick v. Williamson, 190 Ala. 485, 67 So. 273; Wolffe v. Loeb, 98 Ala. 426, 13 So. 744; Smith v. Bell, 6 Pet. 68, 8 L. Ed. 322; that the words and expressions…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Smith T. v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Gunter v. TownsendSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Ralls v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Fowlkes v. ClaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Whorton v. MoragneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Baker v. HendricksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Black v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
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