Gill v. Alcorn

This action was begun for the purpose of securing partition of 61 acres of real estate in this county. The rights of the parties depend upon a construction of Item 1 of the will of Malinda Alcorn, deceased. That item reads as follows:

“I give and devise to my daughter, Eliza J. 0. Alcorn the farm on which I now reside, situate in Washington Township, Wood iCounty, Ohio, and all other lands by me owned in said township, county and state of Ohio, containing in all sixty-one acres of land, during her natural life, should she remain single, or a feme sole at law, but in case of her marriage or…