Aspy v. Lewis

The complaint shows that the will of Jonás Reed was duly admitted to probate in Bartholomew county on the 10th day of July, 1843; the part thereof material to a decision of this case being in the words following: “And I also direct that the real estate of which I die seized or possessed of be disposed of in the following manner, to wit: I bequeath to my beloved wife, Elizabeth, all my real estate so long as she “remains a widow, namely: The east half of the southwest quarter of section eighteen, in town ten north, of range seven east, containing eighty acres, more or less, being in the…