Turner v. Ivie
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM GIBSON. Appeal from decree of the Chancery Court at Trenton. T. C. Muse, Ch. who insisted Sarah E., the mother of complainants here, took a life estate with remainder to her children: See French v. French, 11 Simons English Chancery Reports, 34; Morse v. Morse, 2 Simons, 485; 4 Kent, 407; Carter v. Carter, 14 Beaver; Belote v. White, 2 Head, 703; 10 Yerg., 20, 27; 3 Hum., 210, 336; 4 Sneed, 668; 2 Redfield on "Wills, 333. The Rule in Shelley’s case does not apply. 1.…
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FROM GIBSON. Appeal from decree of the Chancery Court at Trenton. T. C. Muse, Ch. who insisted Sarah E., the mother of complainants here, took a life estate with remainder to her children: See French v. French, 11 Simons English Chancery Reports, 34; Morse v. Morse, 2 Simons, 485; 4 Kent, 407; Carter v. Carter, 14 Beaver; Belote v. White, 2 Head, 703; 10 Yerg., 20, 27; 3 Hum., 210, 336; 4 Sneed, 668; 2 Redfield on "Wills, 333. The Rule in Shelley’s case does not apply. 1. See 8 Hum., 663; 11 Hum., 43-4; 3 Coldwell, 538; Redfield on Wills, 330, note 19, and 336, note 20; 1 Roper on Legacies,…
1Opinion of the CourtNicholsON, C. J.
In 1845, the will of ¥m. Moore was admitted to probate in the County Court of Gibson county, and John M. Moore appointed executor. The will contains the following clause:
“Item 7th. I give to my son, John M. Moore, in trust for the sole use and benefit of my daughter, Sarah E., and to her children, if she should have any, a tract of land containing 150 acres, etc., also four ne-groes of equal value with those I have given to my son William, two of said negroes to be selected by said Sarah E., and the other two Ny my executor, together with the like personal property given to my son John M.,…
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