1. United States v. Fox, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, April 16, 1877, Decided; OCTOBER, 1876 Term
OVERVIEW: Where the decedent attempted by will to devise and bequeath all of his real and personal property to the federal government, the will was inoperative as to real estate because the government could not be a devisee of real property.
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