Hampshire County Trust Co. v. Stevenson

The title to the real estate, part of which is involved in this controversy, was before this court for consideration at an earlier date, and is found in the case of Job E. Stevenson v. Minerva C. Evans et al., 10 Ohio St., 307, wherein it is held:

“1. That the words ‘or to the children or child lawfully begotten of the body of such child or children’ [in the will of John Evans] were intended to designate persons who might be living at the death of the tenants for life, and not as words of limitation, requiring a succession first to children and then to children of the children. 2. That the…