Handley v. Wrightson

The appeal in this case is from the decree of the Court below based upon its construction of a clause in the last will of William Wrightson, deceased, which is as follows:

“I give and devise to my sou, William Clinton Wright-son, all my lands and the residue of my personal estate, after my wife's thirds are taken out, and all my just debts are paid, and the expenses of settling iny estate are taken out, with the following proviso — that is to say, if my son, William Clinton Wrightson should die leaving no child of the lawful issue of his body at the time of his death, it is my will and desire…