Belshaw v. Chitwood

In this case the appellants unsuccessiully contested the last will of Harriet Belshaw, who was the mother of the principal contestants.

The jury rendered a special verdict, finding that on the 17th day of October, 1887, the said Harriet executed her said will, first providing for her debts and funeral expenses, and then devising and bequeathing to her daughter, Florence Belshaw, by the language of the will, “all the balance and residue of my estate, real, personal or mixed, to have absolutely”; that after the execution of said will she retained the same in her possession and control, as…