Fletcher v. Fletcher

The controversy is over the construction of Paragraph 7 of the will of Abraham Fletcher. This paragraph provided as follows:

[‘Seventh. I will to William H. Fletcher, my son, and Frederickey, his wife, during their natural lifetime and then to their child/ren after their death [description].”

This controversy is concentrated upon the two particular words “their children.”

The testator was the father of William H. Fletcher, devisee. The will was made in 1885. Whether, at the time of the making of said will, there was already issue to the marriage of W. H. and Frederickey, does not appear from the…