Moore v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

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1. ““The principle that a parol trust may be ingrafted upon a devise or bequest after probate of the will was declared in Bishop’s Heirs v. Bishop’s Adm’r, 13 Ala. 475 , and followed in Barrell v. Hanrick, 42 Ala. 60 . We are not aware that the question has arisen since in this state. The doctrine has found support in other states (citing cases). We do not feel at liberty to depart from the rule, inasmuch as the statute of wills was re-enacted in the same language after the rendition of these decisions, and it is not necessary to the decision in this case; but there are so many objections to its application to wills, we feel justified in pointing out some of them, that the legislative department may make statutory provision in the matter, if in its wisdom it sees proper to do so. We confine what we have to say to the statute of wills.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Russell v. Jones