Williams v. Williams

This cause is before us on petition for certiorari to the Court of Appeals. The bill was filed by Olive and Thurman Williams, grandchildren of Mather Williams, claiming remainder interests in certain lands by inheritance from their grandfather, to enjoin waste in the cutting and sale of timber on the lands. Their interest is denied by defendants, Annie and Gray Williams, children of Mather Williams, other than the parent of complainants, on the theory that under the will of Mather Williams, made in 1909, these defendants and a deceased sister, Adelaide, took, not a life estate in the land…