Carpenter v. Carpenter

Pearson, Vice-Chancellor:

The trustee asks instructions concerning the persons entitled to distribution of a fund given under the will of James L. Carpenter in the following language:

“I will and bequeath to Lydia E. Crossgrove the interest of Two Thousand Dollars to be paid each and every year during the period of her natural life. At her death I will and bequeath the said Two Thousand Dollars to be equally divided between my children, share and share alike.”

At the testator’s death, eleven of his children survived him. Some years later when Lydia E. Crossgrove died, *388only three of the…