Hinton v. Hinton

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The question in this case is, did the testator, George W. Hinton, charge the estate devised to his wife in the following clause with the payment of the sums given to .the Hintons, or did she take it free from any trust for their benefit? The clause reads:

“I give, devise, bequeath my estate and property, ■real and personal, as follows: That is to say, after *119my funeral expenses and other debts are paid, all of my property, real and personal, in Noxubee County, State of Mississippi, to go to my beloved wife. Also a plantation two miles from Lebanon,…