GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.
This case involves the applicability of a well-settled doctrine of election, which comes into play when a testator purports to devise A's property to B and by the same will also leaves other property to A. In that situation A cannot claim both his own property and the testamentary gift; he must elect to take one and relinquish the other. McDonald v. Shaw, 92 Ark. 15, 121 S.W. 935, 28 L.R.A.,N.S., 657. The question here is whether Lillie...
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