Haggerty v. Lanterman

The Chancellor.

The question presented • for adjudication is, whether, under the provisions of the will of Aaron Haggerty, deceased, the executor has power to sell the real estate of which the testator died seized. - By the will, the testator, *38after directing that his debts and funeral expenses be paid, gives a legacy to his wife; then gives to his four sons each an equal share of “all” his “estate;” then gives to his daughter Emeline the interest of her equal share of his “property” during her life, and afterwards “to go to her heirs, if she has any, and if not, to her brothers and sisters” ;…