Legal Opinion
Torre v. Chesnut
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 10, 1931No. 13066PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
This is an appeal from a decree of his Honor, Judge Grim-ball, construing a certain feature of the will of Mrs. Alexina Chesnut Holmes, affecting adversely the claims of the appellants Edna E. Miller, James G. Chesnut, and William Taylor Chesnut, Jr, children of William T. Chesnut, Sr, a brother of the testatrix, who predeceased her.
The situation is quite complicated, but may be grasped by careful attention to the following undisputed facts:
Mrs. Alexina Holmes died on March 8, 1929, leaving a very large estate, over $200,000, and a…
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- Matter of HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- In Re the Accounting of KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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