Bradford v. MacKenzie

Boyd, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court..

The main question involved in this case is the proper construction of the residuary clause of the will of the late Augustus AY. Bradford, a former Governor of this State. That clause is as follows:. “A. ■ I give and. bequeath all the rest and residue of ■my property, real, personal and mixed, after the payment of any debts I may be owing at the time of my death, to be equally divided among my wife aforesaid and my said seven surviving children, to wit, Erneline K. Bradford, Jane B. Bradford, Augustus W. Bradford, Junior, Charles H. Bradford,…