Dillard v. Dillard’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 1991
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. Owens · Davant v. Shaw · Moore v. Cook · Nicholls v. Wheeler · Aiken v. Aiken
Most-quoted passages
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““a court will not by construction reduce an estate once devised absolutely in fee, by limitations contained in subsequent parts of the will, unless the intent to limit the devise is clearly and unmistakably manifested. If the expression relied upon to limit the fee once devised be doubtful, the doubt should be resolved in favor of the absolute estate.” [Cits.] [Dillard, supra at 178 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Caudell v. Caudell
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