Midland Building & Loan Ass'n v. Hetrick

Adkins, J.,

delivered the-opinion of the Court.-

'These cases were consolidated by agreement and tried together on the. same evidence and argued together here. In both, the-question was whether .the power of disposition in a widow derived from the- will of her- deceased husband included the power-to execute a mortgage for-the purpose of paying the debts of a second husband.

'Clarence P. Hetrick, in the residuary clause of his will, provided as follows: “All the rest'and residrie o'f my property real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath to my present wife, Effie A. Hetrick, for her and her…