Barnard v. Linekin

This is a bill in equity for the construction of the wills of Abel M. Fuller and Lizzie M. Fuller, and equitable relief dependent thereon. It is reported to us on bill, answer, and an agreed statement of facts. The plaintiff is a grandson, and the defendant a daughter of the testators. No other persons are interested in the estates. The parties say that “title to substantial real estate is affected by the construction of these wills.”

The decisive question is whether the grandson, being more than twenty-five years old at the death of his grandparents, took any interest under either will.

Mr.…