Paul v. . Davenport

If the alleged codicil is valid as such and conveys a defeasible fee to Susan L. Blount then the plaintiff, daughter of W. A. Hodges, is the person to whom title to said land reverts. If the paper writing relied on by plaintiff as a codicil is void and of no effect then the defendants are the owners of the premises.

A will, to he sufficient in law to convey any estate, real or personal, must have been written in the testator’s lifetime and signed by him, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, and subscribed in his presence by two witnesses at least. C. S., 4131.

The right…