Coffin v. Watson

This suit involves the construction of the will of William P. Coffin.

The testator, who died in 1902, after first directing the payment of his debts, devised and bequeathed by the second clause of his will all his estate to his executors and trustees, in trust for the purposes specified in his will, with authority to sell. Then follows the clause now in question;

“Third. It is my will and I do order and direct my said executors and trustees to pay to my wife, out of the income of my estate, during her natural life and at suitable periods, such sums of money as she shall want or require for her…