Reeve v. Beekman
New Jersey Court of Chancery
After giving his daughter Fanny $4,000 and also one-fourth of his residuary estate, a testator, by codicil, gave the interest on “ the money given to her, and so much of the principal as she may need and her circumstances may require from time to time,” with a gift of what might remain to her issue, or, in default of such issue, to the testator’s grandchildren living at the time of her death. By a subsequent codicil he appointed her one of his executors.
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After giving his daughter Fanny $4,000 and also one-fourth of his residuary estate, a testator, by codicil, gave the interest on “ the money given to her, and so much of the principal as she may need and her circumstances may require from time to time,” with a gift of what might remain to her issue, or, in default of such issue, to the testator’s grandchildren living at the time of her death. By a subsequent codicil he appointed her one of his executors. She received the $4,000 and also one-fourth of the residue from her co-executor, whom she survived, and held both sums until her death. She…
1Opinion of the Court
Bird, V. C.
David Trapnagen made his last will August 2d, 1836. One clause reads thus:
“ I give to my daughter Fanny four thousand dollars to be paid to her in one year after my decease.”
As to the residue he said:
“ One-fourth part I give to my daughter Fanny.”
He made his son David executor.
On February 1st, 1840, he made a codicil to his will in which he said:
“ It is my will that so far as relates to the legacy in my said will given to my daughter Fanny, that my executors and the. survivors of them pay to her the whole of the interest which may accrue on the money given to her, and so much of…
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