Ensley v. Hodgson

SAYRE,-J.

July 7, 1890, Enoch Ensley, a resident of the state of Tennessee, executed his last will and testament. At Ihe time he had two children by a former marriage, Harriett Ensley and Martin Ensley. Evidently he expected a child to be born of his second wife, Mary L. B. Ensley, and the expected child, Enoch Ensley, Jr., was born about eight months later. Testator died November 18, 1891, and his will was probated November 24, 1891. After his death another child, Mary Beecher Ensley, now Mary Beecher Ensley Murrelle, was born to his wife, and the question now presented for decision is…