Williams v. . Parker

A jury trial was waived and the case was submitted to His Honor to be tried upon the law and the facts. The following are the facts of the case:

The land mentioned in the pleading belonged to John Williams and is the land referred to in his will, which contains the following clauses which are material to the case: "I give and bequeath to my wife, Polly Williams, and my grand-daughter, Sarah Jane Williams, all my land whereon I now live, and all my personal property of every order, during my wife, Polly's, lifetime, and at my wife, Polly's, decease, if there should be any property or money…