Lewis v. Lusk
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Yallabusha county. Hon. T. A. Cheves, judge. 1. By the law of Maryland, where the Colonization' Society was chartered, the society has the right to hold property of all kinds; the charter expressly gives this right; and such is also the rule at common law. Angel & Ames on Oorp. 118; Binney's Case, 2 Bland.
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Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Yallabusha county. Hon. T. A. Cheves, judge. 1. By the law of Maryland, where the Colonization' Society was chartered, the society has the right to hold property of all kinds; the charter expressly gives this right; and such is also the rule at common law. Angel & Ames on Oorp. 118; Binney's Case, 2 Bland. Rep. 118 ; 2 Maryland R. 120. 2. A corporation chartered in one State, may contract, hold, and receive, property in another State, unless repugnant to the laws or policy of the latter. 8 N. H. R. 81; Bank of Augusta v. Marie, 13 Pet. 520 ; Burbank v.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNDT, J.
This was a petition for distribution of the estate of the appellant’s testator, filed by the appellee in the Court' of Probates of Yallobusha county.
The allegations of the petition necessary to be taken into view, are, in substance, that Robert Lusk died in that county, in the year 1855, leaving a widow, and the petitioner, his mother, the only parties entitled to distribution of his estate; that before his death, he made and published his last will and testament, which had been admitted to probate in that court, and which contains the following clauses: “ Mfth. Should I depart this life,…
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- Lusk v. LewisMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
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