Williams v. Pollard

John H. Williams and Mary E. Williams were husband and wife. Prior to their marriage, which was somewhat late in their lives, each had acquired and then owned certain real and personal property. Mrs. Williams had been married previously and had a daughter and son—Hazel L. Pearman, and the defendant in error, John B. Pollard—by such prior marriage. John H. Williams had no children and no child was born as issue of his marriage with Mary E. Williams.

In 1933, after two or three consultations on the subject with their attorney, Mr. and Mrs. Williams contemporaneously executed separate wills, each…