Ford v. Cook

Hall, Justice.

The plaintiffs in these suits are the children of Caroline C. Cook, who was the daughter of Silas Mosely. They claim as remaindermen, in virtue of certain bequests, as they allege, to their mother for life, contained in the 13th and 26th items of the will of Pilas Mosely. The 13th item of the will, as follows:

“I will and bequeath to Caroline O. Cook, my daughter, twenty-five hundred dollars, with the following reductions, viz.: one lot of land in the eleventh district of the county” (Henry) “and state aforesaid, known by (91) ninety-one, containing two hundred and two and a half…