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· 3/15/1916

Sullivan v. Geisenberger

Citations

  • 110 Miss. 775
  • 70 So. 887

Syllabus

<p>X Wills Consteuction. Interest devised!.' Removal of property.</p> <p>Where a testatrix bequeathed to her niece the sum of five hundred dollars per annum until she becomes twenty-one years old, and directs that her executor invests the same each year for her at interest in dividend bearing property and that the principal with all accumulated interest and dividends thereon, be paid over to her when she reaches her majority, but should she die before reaching her majority, then and in that event said bequest with accumulated interest thereon shall descend to her heirs at law, such a will evidenced no intention on the part of the testatrix that the interest bequeathed to the said niece should be used for her support or that she should have any right therein until she reached her njajority.</p> <p>'2. Same.</p> <p>Under such a will the minor’s guardian was not entitled to remove the property out of the state into the state of the minor’s residence, although the rule is generally that the situs of a minor’s estate is fixed by its domicile.</p>

Judges: Stevens

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