Dillard v. Dillard

Mobley,- Justice.

The sole issue involved in the case under consideration is the extent and nature of the estate taken by the survivor of the makers of the joint will.

The plaintiffs in error contend that Items III and IV of the will indicate the intent of the makers of the will to leave the survivor-a life estate with a vested remainder in fee simple to the plaintiffs in error.

The defendants in error contend that Mattie H. Curry, by surviving her husband and joint testator, received fee simple *178title to the estate by virtue of Item III of the will and further contend that Item IV was meant to…