Chasy v. Gowdy

Bibb, Y. C.

This bill is for the specific performance of a written agreement for the sale of real estate. The answer sets up the inability of the complainants to make title according to the terms of the agreement. The question is, Can the complainants convey the fee simple absolute ? This is to be determined solely from the language of the will under which the complainants hold. All that part of the will which pertains to the matter is as follows:

“ Item. I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Clementine Chasy, all my real and personal estate, whatsoever and wheresoever found, during…