Wilson v. Edmonds

— Elijah W. Bronson died testate in Johnson county in 1870. By item 2 of his will he bequeathed $10,000 to his executor to be invested in bonds of the United States to be held in trust and the interest thereon paid as collected to his wife for her support during her life, and at the death of his wife he bequeathed the said bonds to his eight children. That part of said item 2 so disposing of said bonds after the death of his wife reads as follows:

“And at her death, the said bonds or the proceeds thereof * * *, I give and bequeath to my eight children, viz., Hester Ann Edmonds, (here follow…