Goode v. Bonta

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Ratliff—.Affirming.

Charles C. Bonta died testate in 1913, the owner in fee simple of a certain farm in Boyle county, Ky. He left surviving him his widow, Mattie Bonta, and three infant children, Henry J. Bonta, Willie Bonta, and Edna Bonta. A few months after the testator’s death a fourth child, Grace Bonta, was born.

There is involved in this appeal the construction of paragraphs Nos. 3 and 4 of the will, which read as follows:

“Item 3 — I give, bequeath and devise to my beloved wife Mattie J. Bonta, for her life or so long ■as she remains my widow, all of…