Watts v. Finley

Reid, Chief Justice.

Only headnote 6 requires elaboration. In item 3 the testatrix bequeathed all of the residue of her property, real and personal, to her sister, Annie M. Finley, but failed to state the character or duration of the estate intended to be therein devised. Nevertheless, under the terms of this item, if they be considered disassociated from the other provisions of the will, a fee-simple estate would pass, by virtue of the rule existing in this State that “every conveyance, properly executed, shall be construed to convey the fee, unless a less estate is mentioned and limited in…