Welsh v. Crater

The Chancellor.

Philip Welsh, late of the county of Morris, deceased, by Ms will, after ordering payment of his debts and funeral expenses, gave to Ms wife, in lieu of dower, $8,000 and all his personal property of every kind, except money and securities for money. He then gave to her all Ms real estate for life, with provision that if she should prefer to have it sold, Ms executors should sell it, and invest the proceeds of the sale on bond and mortgage; and, in that case, he gave to her for life the interest of such investment; and he also gave to her for life the interest of all his…