Gay v. Graham

Mobley, Justice.

This court in a unanimous opinion in the case of Crossley v. Leslie, 130 Ga. 782 (5) (61 SE 851, 14 AC 703), construing language in a will practically identical to that used here, held that each child living at the death of the testator took a vested remainder estate. The language there was: “I give and bequeath to my wife, Patience Leslie, the following property, viz [describing it] . . . for and during her natural life, and after her death to be sold, and the proceeds to be equally divided between my surviving children and the children of any of my deceased children.” Here,…