Davis' Heirs v. Taul

Judge Marshall

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In November, 1828, John Davis made and executed his will, by which, after directing his debts to be paid out of his personal estate, he devised the tract of land on which he then resided, containing one hundred and twenty seven acres, to his. son William Davis, to him a'nd his heirs forever. He proceeds then to give to four others of his children and the heir of a deceased child, nominal legacies, and then, bequeathing to eight daughters, not before named, all the rest and residue of his estate real and personal; mentions four sons, not before…