Bentley v. Bentley

The decedent in his will, after making-some provisions for his wife, devised the residue of his property to certain trustees, who were directed to pay $100 per month to decedent’s mother so long as she lives, and the balance of the income and, in the discretion of the trustees, part of the corpus of the estate, if necessary, to various beneficiaries, including decedent’s widow, sisters and sisters’ children, as directed by the trust.

Decedent’s widow elected to take under the statute of descent and distribution and was thereby entitled to one-half of the estate.

The various accounts referred to…