Love v. Rennie

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree overruling a demurrer to a bill in equity.

On January 22, 1946, Thomas L. Rennie executed a will Wherein he “bequeathed” to his wife, Kathleen L. Rennie, all his estate, “real, personal and mixed.” The will also contained clauses revoking all former wills and appointing his wife as executrix.

Thomas L. Rennie and his wife, Kathleen, both died on May 7, 1948. No children survived. It appears that they died in a common disaster. According to the averments of the bill, the wife, Kathleen L. Rennie, died “contemporaneously with or prior to the death…