Booth v. Ammerman

The Surrogate.

The testator gave to his sister, Louisa Booth, “ the interest upon fifteen hundred dollars, in case she should become a widow, during her widowhood, payable annually.” At her death the principal sum was given over to certain charitable uses, and it was provided that the interest" thereon for so much of her life as she should not be a widow, should be applied to the same uses. The will contained numerous other bequests of the “ interest” upon certain amounts to various legatees, “ payable annually during life,” and on their decease the principal sums were given over to charitable…