Stay v. Stay

'SOMERVILLE, J.

The bill is filed to obtain' an authoritative construction of the following provision of the will of Mrs. Mary McCurdy Henry:

“I give, devise and bequeath all the remainder of my estate both real and personal to my beloved daughter, Martha Henry Stay, and her children, forever, my estate to be controlled and disposed of as she loishes by my dmiyhter." (Italics supplied.)

The particular inquiry is whether ’the mother, Martha Henry Stay, is authorized by the italicized provision to dispose of the entire estate, including her children’s undivided three-eighths interest, by mortgage…