Howze v. Howze

The only question necessary to be noticed in this case is as to the construction given by the Court below to the words of the will under which appellee claims the wagon and oxen in dispute. By the charge of the Judge, it was held that under the words “ all of my stock of different kinds,” a wagon as well as a yoke of oxen would pass to the legatee. Was this correct ?

The clause of the will in which this expression occurs is as follows :

“Item 3. I give and devise to my beloved wife Sarah Howze, the settlement of land on which I live in Rusk county, Texas, containing about three hundred and…