Simpson v. Watkins

Griffith, J.,

delivéred the opinion of the court,

This case involves a further construction of the will of W. H. Tribbette, who died on November 13, 1897. The will is set out in full in the official report of the case, Simpson v. Millsaps, 80 Miss. 239, 31 So. 912, 925, and of it the court said in that case that it “is somewhat remarkable as a testamentary instrument in modern times.” There can hardly be any difference of opinion, however, that primarily it is an educational will, and that its most important purpose was for the education of the present and future generations of those within its…