Legal Opinion

Christopher v. Chadwick

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 18, 1931No. 7 Div. 3PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.

J. M. Chadwick, deceased, by his last will and testament disposed of an estate consisting, among other properties, of numerous pieces of realty in Gadsden and its neighborhood. By the third item of his will he devised to his son, appellee, a life interest in various properties with remainder to the wife of the latter, and at her death to “revert to the estate” of testator among whose grandchildren and heirs are several minors. The properties so devised consisted of:

A farm in Etowah county,

Two and one-half acres known as the brickyard place.

A vacant lot in the city of Gadsden, fronting forty…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Goodman v. WinterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879
  2. Ex parte JewettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1849
  3. Gassenheimer v. GassenheimerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  4. John Calder & Co. v. Their CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Duncan v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  2. Smith v. McNaughtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  3. Wiggins Estate Co. v. JefferySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Barclay v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

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