Equitable Trust Co. v. Causey

The Chancellor :

This is a bill for instructions filed by the complainant, to whom the property of Jennie D. Causey, deceased, was bequeathed and devised, in trust, by her last will and testament. The real question to be determined, however, depends on the construction of the last will and testament of Peter F. Causey, Jr., who was one of the six surviving children of Jennie D. Causey. Mrs. Causey died May 3rd, 1909, and under the provisions of her will Peter F. Causey, Jr., was entitled to a one-sixth part of the income from her real and personal estate during his lifetime. He died unmarried,…