Meldon v. Devlin

The fourth clause of the second codicil of the will of Daniel Devlin, deceased, gave two-sixths of his estate in trust to his brothers Jeremiah and William, to invest the same as provided *57in the fourth paragraph of his will — namely, in the public stocks of the United. States, or of the state of blew York, and not otherwise — and to apply so much of the income or dividend therefrom, from time to time, in such sums as seemed proper to them, to the use of Jeremiah Crolly, James Crolly, Benedict Devlin and Foster J. Devlin respectively, or their respective widows and issues; or to pay such…