Macrae v. Lowrey

Citations

• 80 Miss. 47

Syllabus

<p>1. Wills. Devise of land. After acquired property. Hutchinson’s Code, p. 649, sec. 14; Code 1857, p. 432, art. 34; Code 1871, § 2388 ; Code 1880, <¡ 1262 ; Code 1892, ¡Í4488.</p> <p>Under the statutes, Hutchinson’s Code, p. 649, sec. 14; code 1857, p. 432, art. 34; code 1871, <¡2388; code 1880, g 1S63; code 1892, <¡4488, so providing, a testator may devise lands acquired after the execution of his will.</p> <p>2. Same. General description.</p> <p>A will devising real estate by a specific name (i. e., “ the Cunningham place in Tunica county ”) invests the devisee with the testator’s title to the lands so named at the time of his death, although only a part of the lands was so named at the date of the will, and the addition, falling under the designation, was acquired by the testator after said date.</p>