In Re Estate of Hayhurst

DAVISON, Justice.

Doyle Westfall appeals on the original record from an adverse judgment rendered in favor of Orley Hayhurst, Administrator with Will Annexed of the Estate of H. H. Hayhurst, Deceased, et al.

This appeal involves two main propositions (1) Did the will of H. H. Hayhurst devise to his widow, Fannie, a fee or a life estate in 240 acres of land? and (2) Was Westfall entitled to specific performance of his contract to purchase the land from Fannie to the extent of the full fee title, or in the alternative for the undivided one-third interest she received when she elected to take…