Burdick v. Gilpin

The opinion of

Judge Howard

in the Court of Appeals follows:

This appeal involves the construction of the will of Colonel Charles M. McGhee, who died on May 7, 1907, while residing in the State of New York. Before moving to New York he resided in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he owned valuable business property located on G-ay Street, the rents therefrom in recent years producing an estimated income of more than $100,000 annually.

Colonel McGhee was survived by three married daughters, Margaret McGhee Baxter, Betty McGhee Tyson, and Eleanor McGhee Neely, and nine grandchildren. Two of said…