Layman v. Hodnett

By complaint filed in the lower court the appellee, William E. Hodnett, executor and trustee under the last will and testament of Joseph Hodnett, deceased, who was a resident of Illinois at the time of his death, asked for a construction of this will, as to the powers of the appellee thereunder: (1) to execute oil and gas leases upon certain lands in Lafayette county, Arkansas, owned by the testator at the time of his death, -(2) to execute conveyances of minerals in and under said lands, (3) to execute deeds of conveyance covering said lands containing reservations of minerals thereunder,…