Lewis v. Lewis

*270The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall. J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment decreeing that the plaintiffs were the owners in fee simple of certain real property and quieting their title thereto. The contest arose over the following mutual and reciprocal joint will:

“I, T. W. Lewis, and I, Betsy A. Lewis and each of us and both of us being of sound mind and memory and realizing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and wishing to direct how our property shall be distributed on our death, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament.…