Willis v. Lapsley

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson—

Affirming.

In 1905, Henry Maddox, then a resident of Shelby county, Ky., died testate. His will and codicils thereto were duly probated by the county court. The third clause of his original will is in this language:

“3rd. To my daughter, Mary Lizzie Maddox, I give my home farm, including the land bought of Rains, and fifty acres bought of my father’s estate, containing’ all together about two hundred and fifty acres, I also give to her the farm bought of Mason containing one hundred and eleven acres all of which she is to have during her life and at her…