Moushand v. Rodetzky

The object of this action is to obtain a construction of the will of August Rodetzky.

By that will, he devised his real and personal property, first, to his wife,Margaretha, for life, and then to his only child and daughter, Anna E. C., now Anna E. C. Moushand,the plaintiff, and to her children and grand-children or their legal representatives.

The question is, what kind of an estate was, or is vested in Anna, the plaintiff? Is it a life estate, or is it a fee simple?

Anna is a married woman; but at the death of this testator she had no children or grand-children; nor had she any at the date of…