Eldridge v. Eldridge

The Chancellor.

Wilson Eldridge, late of Mercer county, died in September, 1872. By his will, after directing payment of his debts and funeral expenses, he gave to his wife, for life, the use and occupation of his homestead farm (except eight acres devised to his son Alexander), and of all his household goods and furniture, *90together with his farming utensils, horses, cows, sheep, hogs,, hay, grain, and other articles on the farm necessary for her to-have and use for the purpose of farming, during her life. He then gave the eight acres to Alexander, and gave legacies to some of - his…