Markillie v. Ragland

This case depends upon the proper construction to be given to the last will of Benjamin Ragland, Sr. The controversy grows out of the second and third clauses of the will, which are these:

“Second—It is my will that my wife, Susan Ragland, shall take, at my decease, my whole estate, real and personal, in form as it may be, and manage the same at discretion, and deal with the same as though she were entire and sole owner; that she pay all my debts, and all proper charges against ntv estate, out of the same, in such manner as she mav deem expedient, without any sale of the same, except such as…