Dickerson v. Dickerson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — No». Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. Under the will of P. II. 'T. Dickerson, George B. Dickerson, his son, took a vested remainder "in the land in question in this suit that he could convey at pleasure, and his deed, dated March 7, 1902, passed the title to said land to the parties therein. • The courts favor strongly that construction which makes a remainder a vested rather than a contingent remainder.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — No». Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. Under the will of P. II. 'T. Dickerson, George B. Dickerson, his son, took a vested remainder "in the land in question in this suit that he could convey at pleasure, and his deed, dated March 7, 1902, passed the title to said land to the parties therein. • The courts favor strongly that construction which makes a remainder a vested rather than a contingent remainder. Tindall v. Tindall, 167 Mo. 218; Gates v. Seibert, 157 Mo. 254; Chew v. Keller, 100' Mo. 362; 2 Underhill on Wills, pp. 228, 229; Tindall v. Miller, 41 N. E. 535;…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
— This cause originated in the circuit court of Adair county, and was instituted by plaintiffs against the defendants to have a quitclaim deed made by George B. Dickerson to the defendants, purporting to convey certain real estate, set aside and for naught held. The plaintiffs and defendants are the only heirs at law of said George B. Dickerson, *485deceased; and plaintiffs and defendants, including said George B. Dickerson, were the children of one P. H. T. Dickerson, with the exception of Walter R. Dickerson, who is his grandson and a son and only heir at law of Joseph Dickerson, deceased.
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- Thomson v. LudingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Chew v. KellerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
- Tindall v. TindallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Reinders v. KoppelmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
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