Jones v. Guynes

We take the following statement of the nature and result of this suit from the brief of appellants:

“The case of Jones v. Hunting was a friendly suit, brought to construe the will of M. T. Jones, deceased, the only parties to the action being the devisees under the will. It was regarded as desirable to have it determined whether the effect of the document was to vest in W. E. Jones a life estate in the Deepwater Farm property, with remainder to his son, M. Tilford Jones, and to his mother, Mrs. Louisa Jones, and his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Jones and Mrs. Jeanette Jones, or whether, because of…