McCreery v. Burmood

Appellants filed their bill in chancery for the partition of certain real estate described. They are the daughters of Philip S. Burmood, who died testate September 25, 1901, leaving a widow and appellants and appellee, James W. Bur-mood, as his only heirs. Philip S. Burmood executed his will in 1899, and the partition suit brought by appellants asks for a construction of the will.

The widow died April 23, 1927. The decision of the case involves particularly the construction of the second clause of the testator’s will. The testator owned at the time of his death 87 acres of land known as the…