WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,

v.

GENEVIEVE HALSTEAD MATHEW

Citator

Cited By

• Scott v. Beams, 122 F.2d 777 (10th Cir. 1941)
  …, courts encourage agreements of that kind, and ordinarily they will be upheld when entered into with a full understanding of the facts and without fraud, undue influence, or other imposition. Burnes v. Burnes, 8 Cir., 137 F. 781, certiorari denied, 199 U.S. 605, 26 S.Ct. 746, 50 L.Ed. 330; Vinson v. Cook, 76 Okl. 46, 184 P. 97; Riffe v. Walton, 105 Kan. 227, 182 P. 640, 6 A.L.R. 549; In re Schofield’s Estate, 101 Colo. 443, 73 P. 2d 1381; Hill [*787] v. Breeden, 53 Wyo. 125, 79 P. 2d 482; In re Smith’s Est…
• Ferguson v. Patterson, 191 F.2d 584 (10th Cir. 1951)
  …ill and Estate, 45 Okl. 399, 149 P. 1176, 1177; In re Marti’s Estate, 132 Cal. 666, 61 P. 964, 966, affirmed 64 P. 1071. . Howard v. Carusi, 109 U.S. 725, 733, 3 S.Ct. 575, 27 L.Ed. 1089; Burnes v. Burnes, 8 Cir., 137 F. 781, 792, certiorari denied 199 U.S. 605, 26 S.Ct. 746, 50 L.Ed. 330; In re Kearns’ Estate, 36 Cal.2d 531, 225 P. 2d 218, 222; Dixon v. Helena Society of Free Methodist Church, 65 Okl. 203, 166 P. 114; In re Browne’s Estate, 175 Cal. 361, 165 P. 960; In re Marti’s Estate, 132 Cal. 666, 61…
• Bookwalter v. Maude H. Lamar, 323 F.2d 664 (8th Cir. 1963)
  …can be given; and where two constructions are possible, one disregarding the word or clause, and the other giving it effect, the latter should be adopted.” 42 F. 2d at 615. See also, Burnes v. Burnes, 8 Cir., 137 F. 781, 792, (1905), cert. denied, 199 U.S. 605, 26 S.Ct. 746, 50 L.Ed 330 (1905). Other principles of will construction— all of which are more or less hornbook law, are cited and discussed by both parties. It would indeed be excess exposition to repeat such commonplaces of the law about which t…