Legal Opinion

Starratt v. Morse

District Court, D. South Carolina

Decided October 15, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 70-233Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

SIMONS, District Judge.

This is an action to construe the Will, and the Codicils thereto, of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Morse, deceased, late of Charleston County, South Carolina. Plaintiff contends that because of an irreconcilable conflict between certain portions of the Will and the first Codicil attached thereto the testatrix revoked the former by necessary implication.1

The case was tried before me without a jury at Charleston, South Carolina on May 31, 1971, and June 1, 1971. I have carefully considered all of the testimony and evidence submitted, including a study of the various exhibits…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. McIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  2. Howard v. CarusiSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Walker v. AlversonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
  4. Wates v. Fairfield Forest Products Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
  5. Howze v. BarberSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1888

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