Trabue v. Gillham

Ephraim S. Chappell died in 1893, leaving his five children surviving. Under the second clause of his will he devised certain farm property to his son John for life and then provided that “at the death of the said John Frederick Chappell, I devise the real estate herein given him for life, to his children and the descendants of any deceased child of his, in fee simple, the descendants of any deceased child to take the portion such deceased child would be entitled to if living.” Similar devises of different properties were made to each of three other children of the testator and their…