Belote v. White

Wright, J,,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action of ejectment by the plaintiffs, to recover 500 acres of land in the county of Henderson; •and judgment being against them, they have appealed in •error to this Court.

The decision of the cause depends upon a construction of those parts of the will of Samuel Dickens, which relate to the devises and bequests in favor of his daughter, Elizabeth B. Belote, and her children.

They are as follows: “I give and bequeath to John D. Martin, Andrew L. Martin, and Edmund H. Y. Dickens, the survivor, or survivors of them, in trust, for the use…