Davis v. Bullington

Mr. Chiee Justice ^reen

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The bill in this case was filed by the executors for a declaratory judgment construing the residuary clause of the will of R. Leedy Matthews. From the chancellor’s decree, certain of the parties interested have prosecuted a writ of error.

The clause of the will brought before us is as follows:

“After the bequests I have made are paid I desire the residue of my estate to be invested in a suitable memorial to the memory of my dear mother, Mrs. Virginia Leedy Matthews, and I appoint Emma Leedy Young, Lucy Matthews Jones, my cousins, and…