Justice v. Stringer

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

B. H. Justice devised to his sister, Lucinda Justice, all his property for life, subject to a few specific legacies. The will then makes this provision:

*355“After Lucinda Justice’s death, my will is that an equal division be made of all the property that Lucinda Justice has at her death be divided between Sarah Jane Stringer and Icy Ann Yates, wife of Bud Yates (as is best known), and to George Graves’ three daughters, my sister Leathy’s children, and in case of the death of Sarah Jane Stringer, or Icy Ann Yates, to their children. ’ ’

This…