Hill v. Godwin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Hill v. Godwin, 114 Miss. 324 (Miss. 1917)
75 So. 122
Smith
Hill v. Godwin
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This cause is ruled by Martin v. Martin, 69 Miss. 315, 13 So. 267, from which it follows that the court below should not have required security of appellant Sam Hill; and, since that fact must determine the present controversy, the decree of the court below is reversed, and the hill dismissed.
Reversed and dismissed.
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- Life Estates. Right of life tenant to bequest. Requiring security. Wh(ere a husband and wife make a joint will providing that at the death of either, the survivor is to have all the property of the other for life, on the death of the wife the husband is entitled to the bequest without giving security for the protection of their children’s interest although the husband is giving away and squandering the property.