Hodges v. Stegall

The object of the bill was a construction of the wills of G. W. Hodges and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Hodges, and a decree declaring the rights of claimants under both wills. The chancellor found that there was a want of equity on the face of the bill and upon, that ground sustained defendants’ demurrer. He held that both wills were unambiguous and a construction was not necessary, and that the unequal distribution made b.y Mrs. Hodges was not a fraudulent exercise of the power conferred by her husband. The complainants invoked, and the chancellor refused to apply, the doctrine of illusory…