Ely v. Nye

This appeal involves the construction of the will and several codicils of Harriette S. Daniels, deceased, the material paragraphs of which are as follows:

Items 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the will:

“Item 3. I give, devise and bequeath unto my executors,' iii trust, for my sister, Lydia B. Ely, of Brookline, Mass., in token of my love and affection, and in recognition of her kindness to me in times past, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), to be invested as my executors shall see fit, the income of which investment I direct them to pay to my said sister during her lifetime, and upon her decease,…