Inhabitants of Phillipsburgh v. of Bruch

Van Fleet, V. C.

The object of this suit is to procure an adjudication as to the extent or quantity of laud the complainants are entitled to under the will of George Bruch, Jr., deceased. The will in question bears date August 28th, 1868, and was admitted to probate September 18th, 1868, the testator having died in the interval. The testator first gives his widow an estate, during widowhood, in all his estate, both real and personal, and he then says that—

“ On the death or marriage of my widow, I give, devise and bequeath all my estate, both real and personal, of every kind and description…