Roberts v. Northwestern Bank

The question presented is whether the remainder which testator gave his daughter, Emorie, in the Reba Doughton trust estate and in his homeplace vested in her absolutely at his death or was contingent upon her surviving her sister, Reba, the life tenant. Decision turns upon the proper construction of the following provisions of Articles III and VI of the will:

“Upon the death of my daughter, Reba, the principal and any accumulated income of this trust shall be paid over, in fee simple absolutely, in equal shares, PER Stirpes, to my other children and my stepdaughter, Mabel Hicks Stevens * * *…