Cox v. Wills
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Pitney,, whose opinion is reported in Cox v. Wills, 4 Dick. Ch. Rep. 130.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scudder, J.
The true construction of the will of John Leeds, deceased, was-properly determined by the decree in this cause, holding that the widow took a trust title in the residue of his estate, and that it did not make an absolute disposal thereof to her. But the decree-should be modified and changed as to the accounting in the settlement of her estate and the distribution of the fund in' her hands at her death. This is necessary to fulfill the purpose'*574of the testator, that she might use for her comfortable support so much as was reasonable and…
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