Tennessee Supreme Court July 15, 1843 (Goodwin v. Moore)

Reese, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

A certain Edward Smith died in Carter county, in the year 1809. In 1807 he made and published his last will and testament, in which, among other things, he devised as follows, to wit; “I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Catha-rine, all my stock of horses, cows, hogs, sheep and bees, with all my household furniture and farming utensils of