Landram v. Power

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for conversion. Its determination depends upon the construction of a will.

In June, 1944, John A. Power executed the will here in question. At that date he had a wife, Mary Elizabeth Power, and three children, Thelma Landram, John Gerald Power and Katherine Power Randle. That portion of John A. Power’s will, the construction of which is in dispute, is in the following language:

“FIRST. It is my will and desire, and I hereby direct that my beloved wife, MARY ELIZABETH POWER, shall with the rights and authority below given, have all the estate of every…