Davis v. Corabi

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment tried before the court without a jury to construe the will of Mrs. Crotis Davis, deceased. The plaintiff below, and the appellant here, alleged that she, as surviving widow of the life tenant, son of Mrs. Crotis Davis, was an heir under the terms of the abovementioned will and entitled to an interest in certain lands owned by Mrs. Davis. The defendants below and the appellees here, are children of the life tenant son of Mrs. Davis, and assignees of said children.

The principal question before the Court is the meaning of the words…