Herring v. . Williams

ALLEN, J., concurring; WALKER and HOKE, JJ., dissenting. We have given this case a reexamination and have been forced to the conclusion that our former construction of the will of the testator Williams was erroneous. The writer holds himself as much responsible for the conclusion reached in the first opinion as if he had written it himself, instead of the learned and able judge whose name is prefixed to it. But further examination having convinced us that we were in error, it is our duty to say so and to hold that the original judgment of his Honor,Judge Guion, is correct.

The facts are fully…