Wiant v. Lynch

llATCHER, PRESIDENT:

This is a suit over the right to personal property between the respective administrators of E. Ii. Elliott and his wife Sarah E. E. H. Elliott died testate; his wife intestate. They had no children. Neither the bill nor the answer ask for a construction of his will; but a determination of this litigation requires that it be construed. After directing payment of his debts the will proceeds as follows:

“SECOND. I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Sarah E. Elliott, all the residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, for and during her natural life, and at her death all…