Hicks v. Kerr

Urner J.,

delivered the opinion, of the Court.

The eighth paragraph of the will of Ella J. Kerr, late of Baltimore City, deceased, is as follows:

“To my daughter, Ella K. Hicks, wife of R. Randolph Hicks, of Norfolk, Virginia, I give and bequeath the forty-two (42) shares of stock in the Horthern Central Railway Company, now registered in my name. I further provide with reference to said legacy that, in the event my said daughter predeceases me without children or descendants of children surviving her, the same shall become the absolute property of her husband, R. Randolph Hicks.”

The will was…