Kinsey v. Kinsey's Executors

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

Kinsey v. Kinsey's Executors

14 F. Cas. 639, 3 D.C. 85, 3 Cranch 85

CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia

DecidedApril 15, 1827

StatusPublished

This text of 14 F. Cas. 639 (Kinsey v. Kinsey's Executors) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Kinsey v. Kinsey's Executors, 14 F. Cas. 639, 3 D.C. 85, 3 Cranch 85 (circtddc 1827).

Pincite

Opinion

The opinion of the Court was, that the testator meant, in effect to say, “ I devise the whole of my estate real and personal to Zenas Kinsey and his heirs; but if he should die before me, I devise the same to such of his children as shall be living at my decease; Ezra, however, to have a double portion and my silver watch.”

ThRuston, J., not having been present at the argument,, gave no opinion.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The opinion of the Court was, that the testator meant, in effect to say, “ I devise the whole of my estate real and personal to Zenas Kinsey and his heirs; but if he should die before me, I devise the same to such of his children as shall be living at my decease; Ezra, however, to have a double portion and my silver watch.”

ThRuston, J., not having been present at the argument,, gave no opinion.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

14 F. Cas. 639, 3 D.C. 85, 3 Cranch 85, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/kinsey-v-kinseys-executors-circtddc-1827.