Garnett v. Clayton

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

The issue here is whether a vested or contingent remainder in certain land passed to Aubrey Boykin, now deceased, under the will of his grandmother, Alice E. Garnett, who died February 15, 1922.

Alice E. Garnett executed a will on January 5, 1921, in which she devised certain lands in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to each, of her two sons and a daughter, Rita Boykin. The residue of her estate, except certain real estate located in Washington, D. C., was left to said three children equally in fee simple. Included in that residue was certain real estate in Hot…