Watterson v. Thompson

This suit, commenced in the circuit court of Livingston County, involves the construction of the seventh clause of the will of Joshua G. Chesebro, deceased. This clause is as follows: “To my daughter, Aurelia Garra Bell Chesebro I give and bequeath, [describing eighty acres of land] to have and to hold the same during the term of her natural life, and the remainder to the children of her body, if any there be living; if she die without issue living then the remainder to my children Esther Gennett Ross, Anna M. Chesebro, Libbie E. Chesebro, Walter B. Chesebro and Hiram M. Chesebro, to have and…