Robnett v. Ashlock
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Callaway Circuit Court. Testator did not intend to make the validity of the will depend on his death while in Kentucky. (2 Mete., Ky., 864 ; Ex parte Lindsay, 2 Brad. Suit. 204 ; Thompson v. Connor, 3 Brad. Surr. 366.) He merely gave the reason or occasion that induced the will. (1 Redf.
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Error to Callaway Circuit Court. Testator did not intend to make the validity of the will depend on his death while in Kentucky. (2 Mete., Ky., 864 ; Ex parte Lindsay, 2 Brad. Suit. 204 ; Thompson v. Connor, 3 Brad. Surr. 366.) He merely gave the reason or occasion that induced the will. (1 Redf. Wills, 176-80, § 16, and notes ; Damon v. Damon, 8 Allen, Mass., 192 ; In re Dobson, 1 Law Rep., 1 P. & D. 88; Martin’s case, id. 380; Roberts v. Roberts, 8 Jur., N. S., 764 ; Ex parte Lindsay, supra; Thompson v. Connor, supra ; In re Thorne, 11 Jur., N. S., 569 ; Burton v. Collingwood, 4 Hagg. 176.)…
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge
The following will of George W. Hunt was admitted to probate in Callaway county:
“ This 22d May, 1856. I this day start to Kentucky; I may never get back. If it should be my misfortune, I give my property to my sisters’ children (Katharine, Polly, Sally and Margaret) ; by giving Margaret’s children as much again as the others, as they are the most helpless. I give my watch to the youngest niece or nephew, as long as she or he lives, and so on ; I give it to the family for a keepsake. You can prove the truth of this by the hand-write — all the neighbors may. The Lord prosper and bless us in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Case of Todd's WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
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