Secrest v. Roper

Lewis O. Secrest died, leaving a will which was duly probated. By the final decree of distribution of the estate, the county court ordered that the property devised and bequeathed to the library board of the city of Hebron be distributed to that body by the administrator with the will annexed. An appeal was taken to the district court and a decree of like nature rendered by that court. That portion of the decree involving the bequest to the library board has been brought here for review by the children of the deceased.

The will, after making a number of specific bequests, some small bequests…