Steelman v. Wheaton

Bergen, Y. C.

The bill in this case seeks an injunction restraining the defendant from prosecuting her action at law for the recovery of the accrued portion of a bequest which appears in the last will and testament of her husband, in the following words:

“I hereby instruct, authorize and empower my executor, hereinafter named, as soon as it is convenient after my decease, to invest a sufficient sum or sums of money of my estate, with good and sufficient security, approved by the orphans court of the county in which this will is probated, which will bear twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars interest…