Otis v. Brown

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Simpson,

*586This was an action by the executrixes of James Welsman, deceased, who died in 1870, for a construction of the will of their testator. This will gave to his daughters, Harriet and Emma, each one-fifth part of the residuum for life, with remainder “ to such children as she should leave surviving her;” and if “she should die leaving no child or children surviving her, the said one-fifth part or share shall return to nay estate, and be divided among the surviving devisees under my will, to be held by them, respectively, in the same manner as the shares devised…