Thurman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry —

Affirming.

In May, J888, Nancy Jane Little, then a widow, executed her will containing some six clauses. Only clause 4 of this will is material to the controversy here presented, and for the determination of which our construction of the said clause of the will is asked. Clause 4 of the will is as follows: ■

“I give my farm in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on the waters of Floyd’s Fork to my granddaughter, Laura Della Beard, for her sole and separate use, free from the control or debts of any husband she may have, and in case of her death without issue, then…