Merritt v. Merritt

The Chancellor.

George- Merritt died in Rome, Italy, on the 23d of December, 1873, having made a will at New Brunswick, New Jersey, on 'the 3d of October, 1871, to which, on the 29th of December, in the same year, at Nice, France, he added a codicil.

By the will, after directing the payment of his debts, he gave to each of his four daughters, Elizabeth, Georgina, Helen and Florence, a legacy of $10,000, and directed that $15,000 be invested for the benefit of his remaining daughter, Isabella. The third and fifth paragraphs of the will are in this language:

“Third. I order and direct my executors…