Legal Opinion
Baker v. Hendricks
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 27, 1941No. 6 Div. 769PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
Appellee filed her bill in equity praying for a construction of the will of Samuel M. Hendricks, her deceased husband. There was alternate prayer for reformation. Respondents, heirs of decedent, filed demurrers, which were overruled. The appeal is from this decree.
The pertinent provisions of the will appear in the report of the case.
The special matter to which the bill is addressed appears in the fourth item of the will devising to the wife “my undivided one-half interest in and to lots 153 to 157, both inclusive, in Block 27,” &c.
The bill alleges it was the intention of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Spencer v. Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Meglemry v. MeglemrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
3Cited by7 opinions
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