Estates and Trusts Commons^™

Can A Murderer, In The Absence Of Legislation, Take Property By Devise Or Descent?, Howard Cobb

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

No abstract provided.

Cases On The Law Of Succession To Property After The Death Of The Owner, Floyd R. Mechem

Books

“The following cases have been printed at the request of Professor Mechem, of the Law Department of the University of Michigan, for use in connection with his lectures in that law school. They have been chiefly selected from Reeves’ Cases on Wills and Abbott’s Cases on Descent, Wills, and Administration.” Title page.

Conditions And Limitations In Deeds And Wills, Harlow H. Loomis

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

Presented for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

Inheritance And Succession Taxes, J. John Hassett

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

Presented for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

The Law Of New York Upon Testamentary Capacity As Affected By Legislation, Glenn Monroe Dennis

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

Thesis Presented for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

Testamentary Promises To Pay, Nathan Abbott

Articles

The New York Law Journal for May 23, 1892, contains a suggestive editorial headed "A Will or Not a Will," in which the writer says "Interesting questions are constantly arising in the classification of instruments which, although expressing wishes or intentions to be carried out after death, are open to criticism on the score of testamentary execution." As is intimated by the writer, the difficulty of placing an instrument in either the class of contracts or wills is considerably diminished if the statutory provisions as to execution of wills are elaborate. Where holographic wills are allowed, or wills of personal …

David Maynard Et Al V. Fractional School District, & C., Thomas M. Cooley

Articles

"A bequest to the members composing the School District by name, and to their successors in office, of moneys to be expended in the purchase of books for a district library -- thy being the officers designated by law to preform similar duties for the district -- is in effect a bequest to the district."

Lucy M. Maynard by her last will directed the residue of her estate be sold and the monies be placed at the disposal of the District Board of the Fractional School District in Milan and York, Michigan, and used for library supplies. "The validity of …

Another Virginian Law Book, Lucian Minor

Faculty Publications

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