Succession of McCrary

HALL, Judge.

This appeal involves the interpretation of a will, the dispositive provisions of which read in full as follows:

“I will and bequeath unto my wife, Cordia McCrary, nee Nobles, all of the property that I die possessed of, whether movable or immovable so long as she does live.”

The issue is whether the bequest to the testator’s wife vested in her full ownership of the testator’s property, as contended by appellees, or only a usufruct for life, as contended by appellants.

T. L. McCrary, also known as Levi McCrary, died October 25, 1967, leaving neither ascendants nor descendants,…