White v. Willever

The orphans court of the county of Mercer entered an order of distribution in the estate of Ellen G. White, deceased, adjudging that Bruce Willever is entitled to distribution of the corpus of the testamentary trust provided in the will of testatrix; the other claimants have appealed. The issue is as to what is the true interpretation of the language of the will in question.

The will, executed in June, 1895, gives all the estate (after payment of debts and expenses) to the husband of testatrix for life; at his death it gives one-half thereof to her son Edgar, and the other half to a trustee in…