Legal Opinion
Board of National Missions of Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 1950No. 10040PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAIM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing plaintiff-appellant’s complaint as to defendant-appellee, Nathaniel C. Smith.
The plaintiff claims that under the ninth paragraph of the will of W. C. Rankin, deceased, it has a remainder interest in an undivided one-half of real property which was “the home of” the testator, W. C. Rankin.
The Rankin will was executed July 19, 1928. On August 18, 1932, W. C. Rankin and his wife, Olive L. Rankin, conveyed the real estate involved by warranty deed to Martha Rankin, a sister of W. C. Rankin. This deed was recorded August 24,…
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