Thompson v. Mathews

Mobley, Presiding Justice.

Mrs. Lois S. Mathews and Mrs. Inez S. McGregor, executrices of Miss Chesley Bostwick Sharpe, brought a declaratory judgment action for the construction of the will of Miss Sharpe, naming as defendants James Wilson Thompson and Robert Parker Thompson, and their children; and Estelle Still Thompson, and her children. The appeal by James Wilson Thompson and Robert Parker Thompson, and their children, is from the final order construing the will.

The will of Miss Sharpe gave a life estate to the plaintiffs, her sisters, in all of her real estate. Item 6 is as follows:…