Tillman v. Sullivan

I must say, in the beginning, that the principal questions involved in this controversy have been exceedingly well presented by the counsel engaged. Their briefs and arguments, submitted with the papers, discuss the questions in issue with uncommon ability and commendable candor.

The testatrix, by her will made in 1868, gave all her residuary estate to her executors in trust to apply the income thereof to the sole use of her husband, Theodore Gentil, during his life. The testatrix, a resident of the city of Sew York, died in France in 1874, where she was temporarily sojourning. The eighth…