Rosenberg v. Briscoe's Ex'x

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Affirming.

This suit to require specific performance of a contract of purchase and a declaration of rights tests the power of the executrix of the will of James L. Briscoe to sell and convey certain property on Deweese Street, in Lexington.

The third paragraph of the will is as follows: “All the rest and residue of my estate, real and personal and mixed, wheresoever situated and of every nature whatsoever, I bequeath and devise to my dear wife, Elizabeth M. Briscoe, for and during her. natural life and for so long as she remains my widow. I further…