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· 3/14/1904

Eaton v. Brown

Citations

  • 193 U.S. 411
  • 24 S. Ct. 487
  • 48 L. Ed. 730
  • 1904 U.S. LEXIS 934

Syllabus

<p>Courts do not incline to regard a will as conditional where it reasonably can be held that the testator was merely expressing his inducement to make it, although his language, if strictly construed, would express a condition.</p>

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  • “[LJogically the only question upon the probate was the factum, of the instrument.”

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Judges: Holmes

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