Legal Opinion
Masterson v. Masterson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 7, 1939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
* NOTE: Opinion filed at September Term, 1938, February 21, 1939; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled March 15, 1939; motion to transfer to Court en Banc filed; motion overruled at May Term, 1939, July 7, 1939. Equity to construe a will, and for other relief, presenting the principal question: Does a residuary clause giving, devising and bequeathing "to my beloved wife . . . absolutely so long as she remains my widow" bestow upon the donee for widowhood the superadded power to bona fide consume the corpus or dispose of the fee?
Fred Masterson died childless in February, 1934, testate.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Smith T. v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Chambers v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
- Gardner v. VanlandinghamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
- Grace v. PerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Magruder v. MagruderMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- Odom v. LangstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- Glueck v. McMehenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
- Diebold and Legrand v. DieboldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1940
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