Haynesworth v. Goodwin

Citations

• 35 S.C. 54
• 14 S.E. 491
• 1892 S.C. LEXIS 149

Syllabus

<p>1. Limitation of Estates — Trusts.—Testatrix devised her whole estate to T for the support and maintenance from the income thereof of her two daughters, II and C, which income should be expended for their joint benefit, and upon the trust that the said T should hold the said property under the will as to the legal title for the benefit of said two daughters exclusively. Held, that the trustee took an estate in fee for the exclusive benefit of the two daughters, whose estate was commensurate with that of the trustee, and upon the death intestate of these daughters, the share of each vested in her heirs at law.</p> <p>2. Bindings of Fact. — A finding in a master’s report sustained by the testimony, but inadvertently reversed by the Circuit Judge, confirmed.</p>