Bailey v. Sanger

The controversy between the parties here involves the construction of the first and second clauses of' tbe last will and testament of Sanford Sanger, .deceased. These are as follows:

“ Item 1st. I give and devise to my beloved wife, Amelia,, in lieu of her interest in my lands, one-third of the farm on which we now reside, situated in Cedar Creek township, Lake-county, Indiana; also one-third part of ten acres' of timber lands situated in the same township and county, to have and to hold the same during her natural life as aforesaid. I direct that all my just debts: be paid out of the avails…