Woodbury v. Freeland

The demandants are the heirs at law of Zadok Woodbury, late of Sutton, in this county. By his last will and testament he bequeathed and devised all his real and personal estate, of which the demanded premises were a part, to his niece Frances Jane Woodbury, “ upon condition that the property both real and personal so given and bequeathed is not to be sold, transferred or improved, without the rents and profits thereof are secured to her sole use and benefit, as well as the principal, during her natural life.” The will was made on the 22d of February 1850, and was duly proved and allowed on…