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This three page paper summarises the case of Riggs v Palmer as an example of a case that embodies the conflict between positivist law and natural law. This is a case where a grandson is a beneficiary of his grandfather's will, and murdered him in order to gain inheritance. The question is whether or not he should be allowed to inherit and benefit from his own wrong doing. The paper is based on a source provided by the student.
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Palmer, made out will that left the majority of estate to his grandson, Elmer Palmer, with only small legacies to his two daughters; Mrs Riggs and Mrs Preston. The bequests
were made subject the support of the testators wife; Susan Palmer. At the time he made his will he owned a farm and other significant personal property.
In March 1882 as a widower Francis Palmer married Mrs Bresee, with whom he made an agreement that if she survived him she should have support
from the farm which was expressly charged on the farm. When Francis Palmer died, Elmer Palmer was 16 years old. He had lived
with his grandfather before he died and knew of the will in his favour and was concerned that his grandfather may revoke the provisions. In order to benefit from the
will he poisoned his grandfather and then claim to property. The case was brought by Francis Palmers daughters (Mrs Riggs et al named as plaintiffs), and a question of the
case was that now Elmer Palmer was claiming a property can he habit. The case of the defendant; Elmer Palmer, was that the
will was made in the correct form and complied with the letter of the law. As such, it should have the full backing of the law for its enforcement as
a valid will. It may also be argued that those who wrote the law did not have the intention of validating murder
of a test a tool in order to bring a win into force. It may be argued that had the scenario being considered by those who framed the legal provisions
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