Legal Opinion

Browning v. Sacrison

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1974PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, C. J.

This is a suit in winch plaintiff seeks to have a provision in the will ¡of Kate Webb construed. The question presented is. whether the remainder devised to plaintiff’s husband, Franklin Browning, now' deceased, and his brother, Robert Sacrison, the defendant, was vested or contingent at the time, of Mrs. Webb’s death. The trial court found the remainder to be contingent. Plaintiff appeals. - ...

Kate Webb was the maternal grandmother of Franklin Browning and Robert Sacrison. Her will, executed in 1943 when Franklin was 20 and Robert 13, contained the following provision (paragraph III):

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dean v. First National BankOregon Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Stein v. United States National BankOregon Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Stevens v. CarrollOregon Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Winslow v. RutherfordOregon Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Williamson v. Denison and GrovesOregon Supreme Court · 1948

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Taylor v. SimsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
  2. Estate of McGee v. Department of RevenueOregon Tax Court · 1977
  3. Jones v. Department of RevenueOregon Tax Court · 1983

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