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· 3/15/1917

Hill v. Godwin

Citations

  • 114 Miss. 324
  • 75 So. 122

Syllabus

<p>Life Estates. Right of life tenant to bequest. Requiring security.</p> <p>Wh(ere a husband and wife make a joint will providing that at the death of either, the survivor is to have all the property of the other for life, on the death of the wife the husband is entitled to the bequest without giving security for the protection of their children’s interest although the husband is giving away and squandering the property.</p>

Judges: Smith

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