Cannon v. Laing
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Worrill. Terrell superior court. December 20, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, J'.
In the sixth item of a will the wife of the testator was appointed sole executrix. In item three it was declared: “ I give and bequeath, after paying the amounts heretofore named, all the balance of my estate, real and personal, . . to my wife, Julia A. Stevens, during her natural life, to be used as she thinks *89proper. This is to say (she may dispose of any piece of- property or any part of the estate as she thinks to be [to the ?] best interest of the estate and to maintain herself, and at her death) whatever may be left by her shall be equally divided between my legal heirs,…
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