Brearley v. Brearley
New Jersey Court of Chancery
This bill was filed to obtain a judicial construction of a will. The facts of the case, so far as necessary for its clear understanding, appear in the opinion of the Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
Samuel Brearley, late of the city of Trenton, deceased, by his last will and testament, bearing date the 25th day of September, A. D. 1846, made the following disposition of his estate:
Fii’st. He ordered the payment of all his debts and funeral expenses, as soon as convenient after his decease.
Second. He gave to his wife, Mary Ann, in fee simple, his house and lot of land in Trenton, where he resided at his decease, in lieu of dower.
Third. He gave to his said wife all the furniture and household goods, and his library, as the same were in his house at his death.
Fourth. He gave…
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