First Wisconsin Trust Co. v. Hamburger

It is first contended by the plaintiff’s counsel that by the terms of the will the life interest and the remainder are merged in the widow; that the language of the will clearly evidences a gift of the principal directly to her without the intervention of trustees; that she was given the title and all the rights incident to the title, including the right of disposition by will or. in any other way she might choose. Reliance is also placed on the clause, “and if she do not so dispose of it, to become upon her death part of her intestate estate.” It is further argued that, since the life estate…