Cressey v. Wallace

The defendants, heirs at law of Susan F. Cressey, deceased, appeal from the decree of the probate court allowing the plaintiff, husband of the deceased, his distributive share in her estate. The deceased derived all her estate from her mother, Susan Moore, by virtue of the following clauses of her will:

“Secondly. I give and devise unto my daughter, Susan F. Cressey, wife of William P. Cressey, all of my real estate with the buildings thereon, with all the privileges thereto belonging, to have and to hold the same to her, the said Susan F. Cressey, [to hér] sole and separate use, free from the…