Scott v. Shuffler

We shall here affirm the construction placed upon a will by a circuit judge (Mace, J.). Appellant, Rachel Moore Scott, is a daughter of Sarah F. Bell, the testatrix. Helen M. Shuffler, the appellee, is a granddaughter, the only child of a deceased daughter of Mrs. Bell.

John Randolph Moore acquired 68.265 acres of land in the Castle Haven area of the Eighth or Neck Election District of Dorchester County in 1902. He died testate in 1909 leaving his entire estate to his wife, Sarah F. Moore (who later married Bell), for life and upon her death to his children living at the time of his death.…