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Roberts Vs. Lewis

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 14, 1894

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  1. Potter Vs. Couch US Supreme Court · May 25, 1891
  2. Little Vs. Giles US Supreme Court · Nov 01, 1886
  3. U.S. 367 (1894) U.S. Supreme Court Roberts v. Lewis
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  4. U.S. 367 (1894) Roberts v. Lewis
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  5. the widow has power during widowhood to convey to third persons an estate in fee simple in his lands. Giles v. Little
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  6. U. S. 291 , overruled, and Little v. Giles
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  7. remarriage, to convey an estate in fee simple in any of the lands whereof her deceased husband had died seised. Little v. Giles
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  8. should the circuit court of appeals be governed by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Giles v. Little
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  9. U. S. 300 , or by the subsequent decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska in Little v. Giles
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  10. of the will of Jacob Dawson, deceased, which was adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States in Giles v. Little
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  11. the fact that said Walter F. Lewis purchased said property subsequently to the promulgation of said decision in Giles v. Little
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  12. and prior to the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska in the case of Little v. Giles
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  13. and was treated as of no weight, and it was held, reversing the decision of Judge McCrary in Giles v. Little
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  14. statute as controlling the construction of the will, and making it clear that the widow took an estate in fee. Little v. Giles
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  15. of the case, and is entitled to great weight, especially upon the construction of the statute of the state. Suydam v. Williamson
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  16. which, of itself, would carry a fee unless restricted by other words. Lambert v. Paine
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  17. the power of the widow is less absolute over the real estate than over the personal property. The cases of Smith v. Bell
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  18. Pet. 68, and Brant v. Virginia
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  19. involved the construction of wills expressed in different language from that now before the Court. In Smith v. Bell
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  20. and void, the view of the Supreme Court of Nebraska that the widow took an estate in fee is fortified. See Howard v. Carusi
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  21. U. S. 296 , 141 U. S. 315 -316. Page 153 U. S. 379 In Brant v. Virginia
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  22. estate vested in her by the will in such lands, should be governed not by the former decision of this Court in Giles v. Little
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  23. U. S. 291 , but by the decision of the Supreme Court of Nebraska in Little v. Giles
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  24. U.S. Supreme Court Roberts v. Lewis
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  25. and Little v. Giles
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  26. of Little v. Giles
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  27. Lambert v. Paine
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  28. of Smith v. Bell
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  29. and Brant v. Virginia
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  30. the Court. In Smith v. Bell
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  31. See Howard v. Carusi
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  32. In Brant v. Virginia
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  33. Giles v. Little
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  34. Suydam v. Williamson
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