De Wolf v. Middleton

This is a bill for partition. By agreement of the parties a hearing was had for the purpose of obtaining a construction of the second and fifth clauses of the will of William De Wolf, formerly of Bristol, deceased; the question involved being, what estates did the daughters of the testator take under these clauses in the lands therein described.

The second clause, after devising the testator's farm known as the Poppasquash Farm to his widow for life, proceeds as follows: "after her decease I do give and devise the same real estate to my two dear daughters, Charlotte and Maria, their heirs and…