Ward v. Cooper
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Tunica county. Hon. W. JR. Trigg, Chancellor. . The will of Jonathan Bostick, a resident of Tunica county, who died in 1868, contained, among other clauses, the following : “I give and devise to my sisters, Barthenia Guinn, wife of A. B. Guinn, Elizabeth Guinn, wife of M. H. Guinn, and Nancy Bostick, jointly and equally, for and during the term of their natural lives, my tract of land known as the Beaver Dam place, situated in the county of Tunica,…
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Prom the chancery court of Tunica county. Hon. W. JR. Trigg, Chancellor. . The will of Jonathan Bostick, a resident of Tunica county, who died in 1868, contained, among other clauses, the following : “I give and devise to my sisters, Barthenia Guinn, wife of A. B. Guinn, Elizabeth Guinn, wife of M. H. Guinn, and Nancy Bostick, jointly and equally, for and during the term of their natural lives, my tract of land known as the Beaver Dam place, situated in the county of Tunica, and state of Mississippi, containing, by estimation, eight hundred acres, more or less. . . . And at the death of my…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
Only the immediate offspring of Barth enia Guinn were entitled to take under the will, since the gift is to “ children,” *795and a broader than the primary signification of the word is not given to it by the will. Her children living at her death were the class designated by the will as those who were to take, “equally and jointly,” at the termination of the life-estate.
Affirmed.
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