Stanolind Pipe Line Co. v. Ellis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was a quiet-title action, and the appeal involves the interpretation of a will.

There is no dispute as to the facts. Jared Browning in his lifetime owned the real estate involved. He died many years ago, leaving a will which was duly admitted to probate and which provided:

“I give to my wife, Emily Browning, all my property, real and personal, to have and to hold as her own, with full power to use, lease, sell or make any other disposition of, that she may desire requiring of her only that she as soon as possible pay all my debts and that…