Birge v. Westport Bank & Trust Co.

On January 12th, 1918, Mary Frances F. Hanford died, leaving a will appointing as executor her husband, Chauncey E. Hanford, who duly qualified. By the seventh clause of her will, she disposed of the residue of her estate as follows: “All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of every kind and character, I give, devise and bequeath to my husband, Chauncey E. Hanford, for and during his natural life, with power to sell and convey any part, or the whole thereof, and to use the avails of such sale or sales for his maintenance and support, if such sale and use shall at any time become…