Davis v. Davis

The Chancellor.

Joel Davis, late of Millville, died in May, 1868. By his *14will, which is dated February 6th, 1866, he made, among other devises and bequests, the following:

“ I give and devise unto the lawful heirs of David Davis, $500, to be paid to them by my executor when they shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years.”

David Davis was his áon. The executor brings this suit to obtain a construction of that bequest. He settled the estate in the orphans court, in 1869. It proved insufficient to pay all the legacies in full, and he has paid the percentage (eighty-two and fifty-two hundredths)…