Duryee v. Duryee

Backes, V. C.

By the fifth clause of his will Peter S. Duryee testated as follows:

“It is my will that at the termination of my wife’s life all my estate, real and personal, excepting the residence and furniture that may in the opinion of my executors be requisite, as stated in the second and third items, for my family, be equally divided among the children of myself and wife as follows: The portion of each of my daughters is to be invested and my executors are to pay them, during their respective lives, the income arising therefrom; and the principal of each daughter’s portion is at the death…