Shields v. Lakin
Shields v. Lakin
Opinion of the Court
P. died testate, leaving nine children and a widow. By the will he gave his property to the widow for life, and made her his executrix, and directed that each of five daughters, named, be paid a legacy of $150, to make them equal with the other four children who had left home. The will provides that, at the death of the widow, the property shall be sold by the “ heirs,” and the proceeds remaining after the payment of the $150 to each of the five daughters, be divided equally between all his children or their legal representatives. Previous to the death of the widow the five daughters who, each, were to be paid the legacy of $150, died sole, without issue and intestate. Three of the other four, children, and the heirs of the fourth, survived the widow. Of the three children now living, two conveyed to the third one, for a full consideration, previous to the widow’s
2 Story’s Eq. secs. 1040, 1040 b; Holt v. Lamb, 17 Ohio St. 372; 7 Ohio St. 441, 442; 19 Ohio St. 526; 14 Ohio, 140; Taylor v. Foster et al. 17 Ohio St. 166; Pinion v. Boyd, 19 Ohio St. 30.
Trull v. Easton, 3 Metc. 121: Fitch v. Fitch, 8 Pick. 479; Boynton v. Hubbard, 7 Mass. 119, 120; Douglass v. Scott, 5 Ohio, 194; Philly v. Saunder, 11 Ohio St. 490; Hill v. West, 8 Ohio, 225; Colcord v. Swan, 7 Mass. 291; Fowler v. Shearer, 7 Mass. 21; Thompson v. Hoop, 6 Ohio St. 480; Holt v. Lamb, 17 Ohio St. 374 ; Needles v. Needles, 7 Ohio St. 432; Jeffers v. Lampson, 10 Ohio St. 101.
Motion overruled.
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- Sarah Shields v. Joseph P. Lakin
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