Boyd v. Boyd

W. H. Boyd, Sr., was the father of W. H. Boyd, Jr., and John Boyd. The latter died leaving four children, viz., W. A. Boyd, who had passed the age of majority at the beginning of this suit, Ellen Boyd, a feeble-minded incompetent person, and Hubert and Ervine Boyd, both minors. In 1911, the senior Boyd made á 'will, the substance of which was that, after the payment of his debts and certain specific bequests, he gave his personal property, one half to his then living wife and the other half to the present plaintiff, W. H. Boyd. He then devised his real property, subject to his widow’s dower,…