Bayard's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This appeal involves the interpretation of the following paragraph in the will of Anna M. Bayard, who died on January 10, 1890: “4th. I request that $500.00 a year be given to my niece Mary Bayard Henry during her life. Should she marry let it be strictly settled on herself and her children, should she die childless, the amount to be divided between her sister Adeline M. Henry and the surviving daughters of my brother C. M. Bayard.” By the fifth paragraph testatrix gave $100 a year to each of the daughters of her brother, C. M. Bayard, and by the sixth paragraph…