In re the Estate of Downing

O’Brien, S.

On this accounting proceeding a question of construction arises. The decedent left him surviving a widow and six children. By the terms of the will he created a trust fund of his residuary estate for the benefit of his wife for life, and on the death of the wife the residuary estate to be divided into six equal parts for each of his children. These parts are to be held in further trusts during the lives of the children, and on the death of any child, leaving issue, are to be paid to the issue. The trust provision of the six identical trusts, in so far as they are material here, are…