Mayhew v. Godfrey

The clause in the will of David S. Godfrey, under which the principal question submitted to us arises, is in substance as follows: “ I give and devise the improvement of a portion of my real estate, bought of the heirs of the B-ev. David Long, to my wife Elizabeth so long as she shall occupy the same, free of rent, she remaining my widow.” “ But should my wife, the said Elizabeth, after my decease, marry again and choose to improve and occupy the estate before mentioned, she shall do so, so long as she shall annually pay to my sister Mary Fiske, widow of the late Dr. James Fiske, the sum of…