Hobson v. Shelton

McDONALD, Chief Justice. .

This is a suit for the construction of the wills of C. W. Hobson and wife, Emma J.' Hobson, both ’deceased. The appellant and plaintiff in the Trial" Court is C. W. Hobson II; nephew and adopted son of the decedents 'and' a devisee under both wills. The appellees and defendants are Clara -Elsie Shelton, Sarah' Putnam -Leake, and Mary Frances Wood, daughters of the decedents and devisees under both,wills.

Plaintiff brought suit to have the court construe the wills as giving him a life estate, with power• of disposition, in-j4''of the corpus of both estates. The.…