Jones v. . Spaight

The eldest son of Mary Spaight and Colonel Spaight, at the date of the will and at the death of the testator, was William Spaight, who died shortly thereafter, leaving the defendants his heirs at law.

George M. Leach has since died intestate and without issue, leaving two sisters (one of whom is wife of the plaintiff) his heirs at law.

The question submitted to this Court is whether the plaintiffs are entitled to claim any, and, if any, what part, of the lands comprehended in the above devise. We are, in fact, called upon to say whether the devisor meant that his lands should vest in William…