Legal Opinion

Lansdowne v. Lansdowne

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided May 2, 1935No. 456Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By HORNBECK, J.

The question presented to the court is to determine the meaning of the expression “and their legal representatives,” as employed in Item II of the will under consideration.

It appears that Zachary Lansdowne, deceased, left a will, by the terms of which he devised and bequeathed all of his property to his widow, Mary Ross Lansdowne.

It is the claim of counsel for the plaintiff that the share of the testatrix’s estate which Zachary Lansdowne would have taken had he lived passes, under the expression “and their legal representatives,” to his personal representative; that is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Martin v. Cincinnati Traction Co.Hamilton Circuit Court · 1908
  2. Norwood v. Mills, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1895
  3. Ottawa (Vil.) v. Ohio Elec. Ry.Ohio Circuit Courts · 1910

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