Morgan v. Morgan

The Chancellor.

The defendants resist the bill, first, be-

cause they contend that the payments directed to be made to the widow under the fourth item of the will were not intended by the testator to be charged on the land devised to the sons, and second, because they contend the widow has formally released all her claims.

First. That legacies are chargeable on the personal estate is, of course, well settled. That they may however be charged upon the real estate when an intention so to charge them is either expressly, or by clear implication manifest from the will, is equally well established.…