Knox v. Perkins

The appellant and Charles P. Chapman were foster children of Electa Chapman. In 1918 Electa made a will leaving all her property to Charles in the event that her husband should not survive her. Her husband died in 1922. Two years later she executed a codicil leaving her property to the appellant in case Charles should not be living at her death. At the same time Charles made a will, the material clause of which was as follows: “I give, bequeath and devise all my property, both real and personal, to my mother, Electa A. Chapman, but if she be not living at my death, I give, bequeath and devise…