Presley v. Hanks

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that testator’s use of “lawful issue” included only those born during a marriage and was the equivalent of legitimate
• vacating part of summary judgment on issue not raised by motion
• “[C]onstruction of a will is a question of law for the court . . . .”
• “[C]onstruction of a will is a question of law for the court . . . .”
• “[Construction of a will is a question of law for the court.... ”
• “The construction of a will is a question of law for the court and will construction cases are uniquely suited to the summary judgment procedure because they generally involve legal issues only.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).