Feger v. Higgins

The will of Joseph J. Feger, late of Paulsboro, New Jersey, is submitted for construction. The instrument was drawn by a justice of the peace in 1923. At that time the testator owned and was successfully operating a coal and ice business; his family consisted of his widow, 39 years of age, and two daughters, aged 19 years and 16 years. No other children were born to the decedent and his wife. The decedent's widow and his two daughters, all of whom survive, are now, respectively, 63, 43 and 40 years of age.

It is the third paragraph of the will, in particular, which engendered the doubt…