State ex rel. Farley v. Welch

William Welch, died- in Adair county in 1889. leaving a large body of land and considerable personal property. He disposed of it to his children by will, probated in July of that year. One *305of his cMMren was Agnes Farley, a married daughter, to whom he gave one-fifth of his estate in these words, “To my beloved daughter, Agnes Farley, and the heirs of her body one-fifth part thereof.” Agnes died in 1905, leaving these plaintiffs as her children, all born after the date of the will. The testator appointed his two sons, Walter and Thomas, executors of the will. They gave bond and afterwards…