Stillwell v. Doughty

The Surrogate.

The testator at the time of his decease, owned the premises, Ho. 15 Bowery, which were then under lease to Daniel Smyth. He gave to his wife during her life the clear nett income of all his real estate, with certain exceptions. The lease to Smyth reserved the rent to the testator, his executors, administrators, and assigns. The will. was a disposition of the land so as to constitute the devisees, assigns of the testator, and to vest in them respectively, all the rights he possessed under the covenants of the lease, so far as the covenants were capable of assignment. The widow,…