Gray v. Gray

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

—Reversing.

The late J. H. Gray executed a long and meticulous will on May 5, 1904. For the most part he devised his estate to his wife for life. He never had any children. One of his brothers was Charles Gray, who had seven children whose ages at the time the will was written ranged from seven to seventeen years. The sixth clause of the will is as follows:

“On the termination of my wife’s tenancy by death or remarriage I will my said real estate to my brother Charles ’ children now living to-wit: Robert Henry, Emily, Charles Monroe, known as Roe,…