Bradford v. Leake

The bill in this case was filed by the executors of the will of Mrs. Rebecca S. Lea, deceased, in the chancery court of Davidson county, for the purpose of settling her estate, and, as incidental thereto, to obtain a construction of her will, and of the will of her son, John M. Lea, *316Jr., under which she derived nearly all of the property which she devised. All of the questions involved in the case were settled in the court below, except those which affect the property described in the seventh item of Mrs. Lea’s will. As to the property devised in this item, there is a controversy between Mrs.…