Miers v. Persons

Walker, Chancellor.

The controversy in this case is over the construction of the will of the late Supreme Court Justice Alfred Reed. The question arises upon the fifth item of his will. Omitting the provision for payment of part of the income of his estate to his wife for her life or widowhood, as she predeceased testator, the item reads as follows:

“I bequeath and devise the rest of my prqperty to my son-in-law, Edward D. Miers, and my daughter, Edith Reed Miers, in trust, to sell, convert, invest and reinvest the same, and pay the income therefrom, in payment as nearly quarterly as possible…