Callis v. Ripley

This suit was instituted by the appellee, W. J. Ripley, against the appellant, Jerushia Callis, and others, to obtain a construction of the will of appellee’s grandfather, W. R. Ripley, and the rights of the parties thereunder determined and declared.

By said will, admitted to probate November 15, 1870, testator devised all his real estate, described as the land and tenements upon which he then resided, to his wife “during her natural life,” and directed said property to be disposed of after her death “in the following manner.”

“That is to say, I desire to loan to my son, William O. Ripley, the…