Myers v. Myers

This was an action by plaintiff, Clara Josephine Myers, to quiet title to certain real estate which she claimed under the will of Miller Valentine. The will, by its terms, gave her a life estate, and after her death directed that the property go to her “lawful heirs.” The trial court found that the plaintiff was vested with a fee title and granted the prayer of her petition. Appellants, the children of the plaintiff, appeal.

It is admitted by the appellants that nothing in the will in any way restricts or qualifies the meaning of the term “lawful heirs,” and, if the rule in Shelley’s case is…