Tooker v. Vreeland

Backes, Y. C.

On January 15th, 1914, Reuben Tooker and Emeline, his wife, executed mutual wills, whereby they gave their respective estates to each other for life, and 'as much of tire principal as necessary for his or hei' comfortable maintenance, with remainder, over, in pecuniary legacies, and the residue to certain of their kin, share and share alike. The wills a.re identical except as to a few specific bequests of trinkets. The will of Mrs. Tooker contains a provision, which is not in that of her husband’s, that

“the foregoing legacies [the pecuniary] in this paragraph set forth shall not…