Eubanks v. McDonald

This is a suit brought by the appellee to quiet her title to a small tract of land in Washington County. The case turns upon the construction of this language in the will of W. G. Taylor, who is the parties’ common source of title: “I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Ida Taylor, all the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, to have and enjoy during her lifetime, and at her death I will and bequeath that all my property go to and become the absolute property of my adopted daughter, Dorothy Taylor, now Dorothy Wilson, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the children of her body…