Case Name: George C. Rings, Admr., v. Cora Borton et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 485
Docket Number: No. 17760
Parties: George C. Rings, Admr., v. Cora Borton et al.
Judges: Jones, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 485–485

Head Matter:
No. 17760
George C. Rings, Admr., v. Cora Borton et al.
Error to the Court of Appeals of' Fulton county.
WILLS — (1) Happening of an event, which may divest devisee — (2) Estate passes free from de-visee’s debts.

Opinion:
ROBINSON, J.
Where a testator makes a devise of real estate to a son, and in such devise provides that upon the happening of an event which may or may not happen, the lands devised to such son shall "go to and be vested in the heirs of the body" of such son, upon the happening of the event which divests the son of his estate therein the children of the son take the lands, of which the son has been divested, by devise from the testator in their own right and not in a representative capacity.
2. In such case the land's pass to the heirs of the body of the son free from the burden of the debts of the son to the estate of the testator.
Judgment affirmed.
Jones, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.