Sumner v. Bingham

When a branch of this.litigation was here on former appeal (Bingham v. Sumner, 206 Ala. 266, 89 South. 479), the judgment was that Martin T. Sumner held the lands in suit as tenant for life, and, as to .that, there has never been any question between the parties. But it was also held that, in the contingency presented by the facts — -the children of Martin T. and testatrix Ada H. Sumner, his wife (who departed this life in 1899), having died pending the life estate — the remainder of the estate was not disposed of by her will, and would descend to the principal appellee on this record,…