Thurmond v. Thurmond

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Amelia R. Thurmond, who previous to her marriage was Amelia I. Robards, sought by this action a construction of the last will and testament of her mother, Mary D. Robards, and therein insisted that under the terms of the will she was devised the fee simple in a certain farm, which she has since sold, as authorized by the will, and invested the proceeds in the purchase of another farm, and that she is now owner with a fee simple title of the latter farm. The court adjudged that the will devised to her a life estate only in the…