Arnold's Heirs v. Arnold's Administrator

Judge Simpson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The last will and testament of John Arnold, deceased, contains the following clauses:

“It is my will and desire, after my death, and that of my. wife, that my son, William W. Arnold, who has been living with me for some years, and who has been laboring faithfully, to assist me during that period, should have the plantation upon which I now reside, containing about three hundred acres of land, be the same more or less.

“It is my desire also, that my son should remain with me during my life, and during the life of his mother, (should she survive…