Yelverton v. . Yelverton

Two questions are presented for determination:

1st. "Who are the heirs at law of the testatrix, Mary Emma Aycock, with respect to the 222-acre farm, under the clause of the will devising “all the rest, or other half, residue and remainder of my real and personal estate, I give, devise and bequeath to my heirs at law?”

2d. Who are the heirs at law of the testatrix, Mary Emma Aycock, with respect to her personal property ?

The term “heirs at law,” so far as real estate is concerned, signifies those who would have taken or been entitled to the property had the testatrix died intestate; or, in other…