CONTAINING

RECENT CASES OF GENERAL VALUE DECIDED IN THE
COURTS OF THE SEVERAL STATES ON

POINTS OF PROBATE LAW.

WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES.

BY

FRANK S. RICE,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN PROBATE LAW," "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE," AND
"MODERN LAW OF REAL PROPERTY.”

Vol. III.

NEW YORK:

BAKER, VOORHIS & COMPANY,

1899.

COPYRIGHT, 1899,

BY

BAKER, VOORHIS & COMPANY.

RIGGS PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.,
PRINTING & ELECTROTYPING,
Albany, N. Y.

TABLE OF CASES REPORTED.

ALLEN V. MATTISON et al., (R. I.; 39 Atl. Rep. 241)

REALTY NOT CHARGED WITH THE PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES.

PAGE

428

ALLEN v. RUDDELL et al., (51 S. C. 366; 20 S. E. Rep. 198)
CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS.-POWER TO MORTGAGE.-CHARGES ON
REALTY.-PARTITION.-CONSENT OF MINOR.

271

ANDREWS v. ANDREWS, (122 N. C. 352; 29 S. E. Rep. 351)
CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS.-NATURE OF ESTATE.-USE AND OCCUPA-

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TION.

APPEAL OF CLARKE, (70 Ct. 195; 39 Atl. Rep. 155) .

CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS.-INTERSTATE COMITY.-POWERS.-TES-
TAMENTARY TRUSTS.-EQUITABLE CONVERSION.

APPEAL OF VAN DYKE et al., (183 Pa. St. 647; 39 Atl. Rep. 2)
ADMINISTRATOR'S LIABILITY FOR INTEREST.

612

AUBURN STATE BANK et al. v. Brown et al., (172 Ill. 284; 50 N.
E. Rep. 144) .

689

INVENTORY OF THE DECEDENT'S ESTATE. -DESCRIPTION.-STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS.

BANK OF CHARLESTON NAT. BANKING ASS'N et al. v. DowL

ING et al., (52 S. C. 345; 29 S. E. Rep. 788)

565

EVIDENCE OF FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE.-CONSTRUCTION OF WILL.—
LACHES-PRACTICE ON APPEAL.

BENNETT v. PACKER et al., (70 Ct. 357; 39 Atl. Rep. 739).

CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS.-DOWER.-INTESTATE.-IN TERROREM.
FORFEITURE of estate.

56

BERMINGHAM v. WILCOX et al., (120 Cal. 467; 52 Pac. Rep. 822). 671

TESTAMENTARY TRUSTS.-IMPROVIDENT INVESTMENT OF TRUSTEE.

BOOTON v. BOOTON'S EX'RS et al., (Va.; 29 S. E. Rep. 823)
EQUALITY OF DISTRIBUTION.-IMMATERIAL ERROR.-INTERLOCU-
TORY DECREES.-LACHES.

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