Murphy v. Widows' Home Asylum

Margaret Knicely and Ella May Knicely jointly owned -property in dispute in this action. Upon her death Margaret Knicely devised her interest in property, using the following language: — “I give, bequeath and devise to my beloved niece, Ella May Knicely, all my real estate and personal property for 'her own use said benefit forever - - - - with full power to sell, mortgage, lease or dispose of the whole or any part thereof. At her death, should anything remain of my estate, I bequeath it to the Old Peoples Home of Cincinnati.”

Upon the death of Ella.. May Knicely, O. W. Murphy, her executor,…