Scales v. . Barringer

The death of the testator, Robert M. Sloan, occurred on 27 July, 1905. One of his daughters, Mattie Sloan Barringer, died 11 February, 1915, leaving surviving her Fannie Sloan Waldrop, her only child, whose death took place 29 September, 1918. Mrs. Fannie Logan died 11 January, 1926. The defendant contends that under the first item of Robert M. Sloan’s will the devisees acquired a vested estate in remainder, the defendant’s wife taking at the testator’s death an undivided one-sixth interest in the real property; also that by virtue of her last will he succeeded to her title as sole devisee,…