Barry v. Austin

This court is asked to construe the- Will of Virginia D. Austin, late of Lamoine, in the County of Hancock. The will is brief. The first clause directs the payment of debts and funeral charges. Clauses numbered two and four (there is no clause three) which give rise to the controverted questions, are as follows:

*53“2nd. I give, bequeath and devise to my beloved husband, William B. Austin all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate real and personal and mixed, wherever found and however situated, and to have full power to sell any or all of my estates and to convey the same for his own use.”

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