Bishop, Exr. v. Fullmer

This is an appeal on questions of law from the judgment of the Probate Court construing item one of the will of John A. Burke, which reads as follows:

“I give and devise to my son, Donald Burke, the farm on which I reside, containing 60 acres, described as follows: Being the north half of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 25 and the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 25, in Town 5, north of Range 4 east, in Tiffin Township, Defiance County, Ohio. And in the case of the death of my son, Donald, before I do depart this life I desire the said property go to my sister,…