Wauhop v. Sauvage's Heirs

It appears from the record on this appeal, as it did from the record on the first appeal of the case (Sauvage v. Wauhop, 143 S. W. 259), that John W. Wau-hop and Mary J. Wauhop were husband and wife at the date of his death September 24, 1903, and that they then owned the land in controversy. John W. Wauhop bequeathed the property owned by him at the date of his death to his wife, who survived him, “so long,” quoting from his will, “as she shall live, with remainder on her decease to my adopted son William A. Wauhop.” Mary J. Wauhop died October 21, 1907, intestate, leaving as her only heir…