Jacobs' Estate

Opinion by

Me. Justice Patter,son,

These appeals, taken from the decree of the court below dismissing exceptions filed to its adjudication and decree of distribution upon the audit of the fourteenth account of the trustees under the will of Adam Jacobs, deceased, involve the construction of certain provisions of the decedent’s will governing the disposition of his residuary estate.

Adam Jacobs died testate on December 18,1888, survived by his widow, Ann, and eight children, four sons and four daughters. By his will he devised and bequeathed his entire estate to his executors, as trustees, and…