Landon v. Moore

The only question of importance in this case is, whether Mary I. Moore takes an estate in fee under the twelfth clause of the will of her late father, or takes only an estate for life. The clause in question is as follows: “I give, bequeath, and devise to my daughter, Mary Isabel, wife of Charles A. Moore, one-third of all the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, to hold the same to her and her heirs, to her sole and separate use, free from the interference and control of her husband; at her death to go immediately to her children, if she have children at that time. It is my…