Ball v. Hopkins

The testator devised and bequeathed the residue of his estate to the petitioners in trust to manage, control and invest, and to pay his wife if she survived him the income during her life. If, however, the income proved inadequate and insufficient for her personal enjoyment, comfort and maintenance, they were to pay her such part of the principal as she might in her judgment require for the purposes stated. By the second clause the testator directed that upon the death of his wife the trustees as soon as convenient and without detriment to his estate were to divide one third thereof among his…