Perkins v. Wilson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming.

Elam Perkins died testate in January, 1929. His will was thereafter .probated and controversy arose respecting its interpretation. This action was instituted by the executor and certain beneficiaries against the other beneficiaries for a correct construction of the will. Perkins was married, but had no children. His wife, mother, two brothers, and five sisters survived him. One sister had died in 1893, leaving as her heirs one child, James F. Howell, and one grandchild, Lucy Jane Wilson, the daughter of a deceased sister of James F. Howell. The…