Bye v. Strasbourg

The. opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief-Justice.

The bill in this cause was filed by the executors of Lorenzo Bye for the construction of the latter’s will. By that instrument the testator gave all of his estate, real and personal, to his executors in trust. Ele then provided as follows:

“Third. I give, devise and bequeath to my faithful and loyal friend, Martha H. Strasbourg, seventy per cent. [70 %] annually of the net income of the mortgages which I hold at the time of my decease, and she shall also enjoy the use of my present home free of any rental, until such time as she…