JORDAN, Chief Justice.
The testator bequeathed and devised all of his property to his wife "for and during her natural lifetime, with remainder at her death to my foster child, Clifford Dawson, in Fee Simple." The testator's wife predeceased him.
The trial court correctly held that Clifford Dawson took the testator's estate upon the death of the testator. This case is controlled by the general rule that "where there is a devise to one for life, with remainder...
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