CLAY, Commissioner.
This action involves a construction of the will of M. G. Bowles, who died in 1943. His widow is the plaintiff, and she is claiming an interest in a coal lease executed after the testator's death by the residuary legatees. The Chancellor dismissed her claim.
By the will the widow was given a life estate in "one-half of my undivided interest (which is now 3/10ths) in the coal and oil and gas rentals and/or royalties which may accrue...
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