Crowley v. Nixon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was originally brought to obtain a construction of a will. Later the action was broadened into an action of partition. The matter of interpretation of the instrument was first determined and the decision then made was brought to this *553court for a review. The will was made by Mary Nixon, who had seven children, and in it she gave her personal property as well as the proceeds of two city lots to her seven children in equal shares, and as to a farm owned by her she provided:

“I further give, devise and bequeath to my son, William…