Hydrick v. Greene

Lewis, Justice.

This action involves a construction of the will of the late Henrietta H. Caskey to determine the nature of the estate acquired by the devisees under Item 6 thereof, having particular reference to the devisee John Henry Hydrick. The pertinent portions of Item 6 are as follows:

“Sixth. I give my Ninety-six Road place, containing 550 acres, more or less, and my River Road place, containing 270 acres, more or less, both in Orangeburg County, said state, to my brother, Dr. D. J. Hydrick, my sister, Margaret H. Laval, my brother, John Henry Hydrick, and *384my nephew, Jack Lawton Hydrick,…