Canedy v. Jones

Citations

• 19 S.C. 297

Syllabus

<p>1. The nnpunctuated will of a testator was as follows: “ Being desirous of disposing of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with do make and ordain this my last will in manner following I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid then I give to my daughter Nancy all my real and personal estate of every description and all the money due to me to use and dispose of as she may think .proper during her natural life provided she maintains and supports her mother decently during her life.” Held, that Nancy took an absolute estate.</p> <p>2. Even if a life-estate in Nancy, the power was given to her of disposing during her life-time of the property absolutely, and she having conveyed a tract of land acquired under this will, her alienees took a fee-simple-title.</p>