Beech v. Parks

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Eva C. Beech, contends that the construction of the will of Lydia Barrett, deceased, adopted by the county court, and affirmed on appeal by the circuit ■court, is erroneous.

The controversy involves the second paragraph of the will reading as follows:

“Second, after the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate, real, personal or mixed of whatever kind or nature, to my sister, Mary E. Cook, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota during her natural life, and upon the death of my said sister, Mary E. Cook the residue of my…