Fielding v. Alkire

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This case involves the construction of a will and codicil thereto. The will gave a life estate in Jand to a daughter and remainder to her children. It also gave her a bequest of $2,500, to be paid her in cash. The codicil specifically revoked the devise and bequest to the daughter, and did not mention the', estate in remainder, but devised and bequeathed the same land, both by reference and by description, and the same amount of money to his wife. The question is, Does the codicil give the wife an estate in fee, or does it simply…