Potter v. Watkins

The complainant is the widow of Robert H. McCarter Potter, deceased, by whose will she was given a part of the income of his estate for life in lieu of her dower in his lands, and her bill is filed to obtain a discovery of the estate in order that she may judiciously elect whether to take the gift or her dower.

The deceased was childless, and upon the suggestion that she would be the sole distributee under the statute of his personal estate in the event that some of the provisions of the will are invalid, resulting in total or partial intestacy, the complainant also asks that the will be…