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Winsor v. Smith

Supreme Court of Nevada
Sep 28, 2007
123 Nev. 871 (Nev. 2007)

Summary

In Smith v. Winsor, 239 Ill. 567, a life estate with broad powers of consumption and intervivos disposition was given a wife if she survived the testator and at her death the remainder was to descend to the testator's heirs-at-law in the proportions provided by the statutes of the State of Illinois. If the wife did not survive the husband the property was to go at his death to the same persons and in the same manner.

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Opinion

No. 44847.

September 28, 2007.

Appeal from the Eighth Judicial District, Valorie Vega, D.J.


Decisions Without Published Opinions Affirmed/Reversed.


Summaries of

Winsor v. Smith

Supreme Court of Nevada
Sep 28, 2007
123 Nev. 871 (Nev. 2007)

In Smith v. Winsor, 239 Ill. 567, a life estate with broad powers of consumption and intervivos disposition was given a wife if she survived the testator and at her death the remainder was to descend to the testator's heirs-at-law in the proportions provided by the statutes of the State of Illinois. If the wife did not survive the husband the property was to go at his death to the same persons and in the same manner.

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In Smith v. Winsor, 239 Ill. 567, the court had before it the construction of a will by which certain property was devised by the testator to his wife for life, with power to dispose of such property by deed, and to reinvest or loan the proceeds of the sale thereof, or to use the same for the comfort or advantage of the wife, or for charitable purposes, with the provision that the remainder, if any, should descend to the heirs at law, as provided by the Illinois statute of descent.

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Case details for

Winsor v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:Winsor v. Smith

Court:Supreme Court of Nevada

Date published: Sep 28, 2007

Citations

123 Nev. 871 (Nev. 2007)

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