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Mcdermott: Deskbook On Land Titles And Land Law, Allan F. Smith

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Deskbook on Land Titles and Land Law. By Thomas J. McDermott.

Wills, Trusts And Estates (Herein Of Future Interests) -- 1955 Tennessee Survey, W. J. Bowe

Vanderbilt Law Review

Execution of Wills:

Under the Tennessee Code a will valid at the place of execution is valid under the laws of Tennessee. A testator domiciled in Tennessee executed a will in Mississippi in the presence of two witnesses, but thinking that the will should be acknowledged by a notary public rather than subscribed by the witnesses, he had the acknowledgment taken by a Mississippi notary public. As the Mississippi statute is peculiar in that it merely requires "that the Will shall be attested by two or more credible witnesses" rather than the usual "shall be both attested and subscribed" the …

Real Property -- 1955 Tennessee Survey, Wade H. Sides Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Construction of Deed: Limitation to "My own living children": The deed presented for construction in Tipton v. Wynn, after conveying alife estate to the grantor's daughter, contained the following language:

"and after her death to the heirs of her body. In case she has no bodily heirs, then to my own living children."

When he executed the deed, the grantor had six living children, including the life tenant-grantee. Only one of the grantor's children, however, survived the life tenant, who died without bodily heirs. The complainants, certain heirs of those children of the grantor who had predeceased the life tenant, …

Kentucky Developments In 1954: Personal And Real Property, Future Interests And Trusts, W. L. Matthews Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

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