Swoope v. Darrow

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit in equity in which the complainants and some of the respondents claim to own lots I'll and 112 in the city of Florence under the terms of a will of Jacob K. Swoope, which is as follows:

“I give to my wife, Elizabeth T. Swoope, one-third of all the balance of my property, both real and personal, wherever situated, for the term of her natural life.

“I give to my daughter, Tempe P. Swoope, all the balance of my property, both real and personal, upon the following-conditions and limitations, viz., that should the said Tempe die without issue of her body, the said…