Bolles v. Smith

We are asked to give a construction to the will of Avery Smith. The will, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:

“ I give and devise unto my beloved wife, Emeline H. Smith, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per year during her natural life, to be paid to her semi-annually, and the use of the dwelling-house, garden, and out-buildings about it, where I now dwell, during her natural life; and the household fuijg niture in the house I give to her forever, and also four cordl of wood per annum, to be cut and split suitable for her stove and piled up in the wood-house; and also the…