Renaker v. Lemon

JUDGE ROBERTSON

oelivered The opinion op the court:

In the year 1835 David Lemon, who lived until 1858, wrote his will, giving his estate to his children jointly as a class. *213Between the publication of the will and the death of the testator, three of his daughters died, each leaving children. After probate of the will, the descendants of those three daughters brought this suit in' equity, claiming for eaeh stock, as the representative of their mother, the portion of the estate to which she would have been entitled had she survived her father. On demurrer, the circuit court dismissed the petition…