Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Halsey

George A. Halsey died in 1894, leaving a will by which he directed that his residuary estate, both real and personal, be divided into four equal shares, three of which he gave to his widow and his two sons. The fourth share, which is the one we are concerned with, he gave to trustees for his daughter, Isabella F. Vail, with directions to pay her the income for life:

"And at her death to pay to her husband Philetus W. Vail, in case he shall survive her, and she shall leave no children her surviving, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and in case of the death of my said daughter leaving issue,…