Hewes v. Mead

This appeal from an 'order of the Probate Court of Lorain county, Ohio, was submitted to this co.urt by counsel on questions of law. The action was one .to construe the will of Harriet Cobb, deceased..Item 2 of decedent’s will, the subject for consideration by this court, reads as follows:

“Item 2. I give, devise and bequeath to my husband,, John Cobb, if he survive me, all the rest’and residue of my estate whether real, personal or mixed bf every character, kind and description that I may die seized of after the payment of prior items to be his absolutely and forever; in the event that my…