Case ID: ohio-cc_20/html/0703-03.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(First Circuit—Hamilton Co., O., Cir’t Court
    Jan. Term, 1899.)
    Before Smith, Swing and Giffen,
    HENRY HESS’ ESTATE, IN RE.
    
      “Legal representatives”, as used in will, meaning issue—
    S. 0., 42 W. L. B., 27.
    Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton county.
    The will devised some $300,000 among nephews and nieces and two sisters, with the provision that if any of the beneficiaries should die before the will took effect, bis or her share should revert to his or her legal representatives. Mrs. Heidingsfeld died three years before the death of Henry Hess; she left a baby which survived her one week. The contention was as to whether Joseph Heidingsfeld is the legal representative of his deceased wife.
   PER CURIAM.

The words “legal representatives” as used in the will, mean issue or lineal descendants.

SMITH, J., dissenting.