Davis v. Ripley

The only question to be determined in this case is, what estate did the appellant and the appellee take under the will of their mother? The will is as follows, omitting the legacies:

“I, Mary T. T. Ripley, being of sound mind, do give and bequeath to my two daughters, Anna Townsend and Suzette Scofield Ripley, and their children, subject to a charge of one-half of the income to be paid to my husband during his life, all my real and personal estate that I may die possessed of, subject to the following legacies.”

Anna Townsend Ripley is now Anna T. R. Davis, the appellant. The father is dead, and…