Fosher v. Guilliams

John Fosher, who died testate on the 8th *173day of April, 1888, devised his real and personal estate to his widow, who was his childless second wife, for life, and provided that at her death the property should be distributed among certain of his children by a former marriage. The widow died in November, 1888, less than a year after her husband’s death, and the executor of the last will and testament petitioned the court for an order to sell all the real estate, alleging that it was necessary to sell it, in order to make assets to pay debts and legacies. The heirs resisted the application to…