Downing v. . Marshall

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The testator, after directing his executors to pay his debts and funeral expenses out of any personal estate which might come to their hands, proceeded in the second clause of his will to devise and bequeath to his son John Stanton Marshall, his dwelling-house and lot on Congress street in Troy, together with his plate, household furniture and wearing apparel during the son's natural life, "and in case he shall die leaving issue, the same shall go to his heirs."…