Coyle v. Donaldson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Black, J.

The bill of complaint in this case was filed in the court of chancery to obtain, among other things, a construction of the meaning of two clauses in the last will of James Coyle, deceased. The only point, however, involved in this appeal is the meaning of the words or the phrase in the fourteenth clause of the will “the coal business now owned by me,” bequeathed to the testator’s grandson James W. Coyle, Jr., and his daughter Elizabeth C. Donaldson.

The learned vice-chancellor, before whom the case in the first instance was heard, reasoning…