Legal Opinion

Cureton v. Little

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 11, 1922No. 10861PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

April 11, 1922. The opinion of the Court was delivered by For the reasons assigned by his Honor, the Circuit Judge, the judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE COTHRAN: I concur upon the ground that items 8, 9, and 10 of the will were not intended to apply to the estates devised in 2, 3, and 4. I think that the doctrine of Adams v. Verner, 102 S.C. 7; 86 S.E., 211, should be limited to devises which carry, directly, complete estates, as "to A. and his heirs," or "heirs of his body," and should not be applied to cases of this character, "to A. for life, remainder to the heirs of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Adams v. VernerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1915

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Strother v. FolkSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  2. Hutto v. RaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  3. Schroder v. AntipasSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1949
  4. Lucas v. ShumpertSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  5. Newnham v. Forest Hills, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940

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