Clark v. Hill

The controversy in this case is over the proper construction of the will of Addison Askins. So much of it as is necessary to be re-*301ferretl to, is in the following words: “ I and my beloved wife, . Caroline, have been married now more than 54 years. God has blessed us with a long and happy life. What I now own, she has by her industry and economy assisted me in acquiring, and in making this will it is my main object to provide for her. I therefore give to her all my estate, both real and personal, of every kind and character. If at her death she should have unconsumed any of said property, I…