Guy v. Osborne
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., York, September, 1911. Action by Martha C. Guy against Martha E Osborne and Mary A. Rainey. Both parties appeal. cite: “Issue” is either a word of piirchase or of limitation: 2 W. E. K. B. 323; 86-S. C. 336; 17 Wall. 642; 1 Y. & C. Eng. Exch. 606; 89 S. C. 561; 5 Rich. Eq. 572. As to the word “surviving:” 26 S. C. 463;.37 S. C. 268; 0 Rich. Eq. 9-5; 39 S-. C. 143; 57 Pa.
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Before Watts, J., York, September, 1911. Action by Martha C. Guy against Martha E Osborne and Mary A. Rainey. Both parties appeal. cite: “Issue” is either a word of piirchase or of limitation: 2 W. E. K. B. 323; 86-S. C. 336; 17 Wall. 642; 1 Y. & C. Eng. Exch. 606; 89 S. C. 561; 5 Rich. Eq. 572. As to the word “surviving:” 26 S. C. 463;.37 S. C. 268; 0 Rich. Eq. 9-5; 39 S-. C. 143; 57 Pa. St. 386; 10 S. C. 365. Intention of testator should govern: 29 S. C. 470; 59 S. C. 148; 82 S. C. 10-; 10 S. C. 363; 61 S. C. 164; 3 Pit. 377; 19 S. C. 351; 59 S. C. 148; 71 S. C. 188; O’Hara on Coo. Wills…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
John Blair died in 1848, leaving .a will which contained' the following- devise: “To my •nephew, Samuel Blair, during his natural life, I give and bequeath in trust, and at his decease, I give and bequeath to bis surviving issue, * * * my tract of land: (describing the lands). But should my said' nephew die without any surviving issue of his body, * * * the said lands * * * herein bequeathed to bis children, I allow to descend the oner half to my nephew, John B. Eowrey, or to his' children; and -the other half to the children of my…
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