Parrish v. Burkley

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

*731J. H. Flege died a resident of Jefferson County in the year 1863. His will, which was written in German, was duly admitted to probate after his death, and a translation of it in English was recorded in the county court. The second paragraph of this translation is in these words:

“Also I will and bequeath to the oldest son of my youngest brother, Johann Hermann Flege, living in Wildeshausen in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in Germany, the large house with the lot and all thereto, belonging on the southwest corner of Hancock and Market Streets,…