Meister v. Meister

Charles J. Meister left a wiil in which he inade the following provision for his wife: “After the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses, I give, devise and bequeath all my property of every kind and wheresoever situated to my wife, Elizabeth Katherine Meister, for and during the term of her natural life, with full power to sell any part or all of the property or estate so devised and bequeathed to her and to reinvest the proceeds for her use and benefit for and during her life.”

On the first of March, 1913, Mrs. Meister, in pursurance of the power contained in the will, sold a part…