Bowen v. Driggers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint for land. Before Judge Bawlings. Toombs superior court. February '21, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
If a testator devises a life-estate in land, the devisee takes only a life-estate by virtue of the will. If the testator makes no provision as to what shall become of the reversion, upon his death it passes to and vests in his heir or heirs. Here the. widow of the testator took a life-estate under the will. No provision was made as to who should take the remainder. Therefore, upon the death of the testator, by inheritance it passed to his heir. *399It happened that the widow was his sole heir. Thus she took under the will a life-estate, and as sole heir was vested with the remainder by…
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