Ferry v. Laible

*568The Vice-Chancellor.

This suit grows out of an attempt by a testator to continue his business after his death, and to control its conduct by his will. Vice-Chancellor Shadwell once remarked that every testator, by the law of the land, was at liberty to adopt his own nonsense in disposing of his property. The will brought in judgment in this case, presents a very forcible example of the extent to which it is possible for a testator to carry the exercise of this privilege.

■John Laible, a brewer, of the city of Newark, died August 21st, 1862. He left a will, by which he gave his widow “ the use,…