Bagwell v. Alexander

Bell, Judge:

This is an action by Edward R. Bagwell and Edmund J. Alexander seeking an order for the sale of real property which is the subject of a life estate bequeathed to Alexander by the Will of George Alexander, his father. The defendants, persons claiming an interest in the remainder, cross claimed for a declaration of their rights under the Will. With consent of the parties the matter was referred to the master with authority to enter final judgment. The master concluded Alexander’s adopted son, Edmund J. Alexander, Jr., could not take as a remainderman under a devise to Edmund’s…