Wells v. . Williams

"We do not think that any of the exceptions to the judgment by defendants, appellants, can be sustained.

The contention of appellants' is that Laura A. Williams only devised to her husband, J. B. Williams, a life estate in the land and the defendants, appellants, have a remainder in fee simple, share and share alike. That the subsequent provision in the will authorizing the executor to sell and convey the lands could not deprive the appellants, the re-maindermen, of their estate in fee simple. That the necessity for making the sale under the will is with the court and not the executor.

The…