In re the Accounting of Snyder

Elisabeth Campbell died in January of 1943, leaving a will in which she placed the bulk of her estate in trust — to be measured by the lives of her sister, Bertha Hoffer berth, and of her cousin, Emily Van Hovenberg — for the benefit of those two and a nephew, Carl Hofferberth. The income, the will provided, was to be divided among Bertha, Emily and Carl, and, upon the termination of the trust, its corpus was to go to Carl and his heirs “ absolutely and forever.” If, however, Carl died before Bertha and Emily, or if all three predeceased the testatrix, the trust corpus or the residue of the…