Hoover v. Hoover

The only question presented for consideration in this case involves the construction of the second clause of the last will and testament of Daniel Hoover, late of Marion county, deceased. By the first clause of his will the testator bequeathed all of his personal goods and chat*499tels to his “ beloved wife, Elizabeth Hoover, to be hers for and during the period of her natural life.” The second clause is in the following language: “ Item 2. I further give and devise to her (his wife Elizabeth), all my real estate, which consists of the farm we now live on, in Wayne township, Marion county, State…