Bottom v. Barton

Appellee Barton, his brother, Joseph C. Barton, and his niece, Mrs. Fanny C. Hough, were legatees' under the will of an uncle of appellee, who died in Missouri in 1893-.

Items 2 and 4 of the will aré as follows:

“Item 2. I give and bequeath to Fanny C. Hough, daughter of Thomas W. Morgan, and wife of D. M. Hough, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid over to my nephew, Elias R. Barton, son of K. L. Barton, to be by him held for the sole and separate use of the said Fanny C. Hough for and during her natural life. The money to be loaned by the said trustee at the best interest that can…