Henshaw v. Flenniken

This cause originated in the Chancery Court of Knox County upon a bill filed by the Trustees of the Immanuel Baptist Church against the heirs of Robert G. Flenniken, in which complainants sought a decree holding void a restraint on the alienation of certain lands devised to the trustees of said church. That part of the testator's will which is claimed to be void on the ground that it creates a perpetuity is as follows:

"Section 2. I give and bequeath to my wife Harriett A. Flenniken, all of my property of every kind and character, real, personal and mixed, during her natural life, and at her…