Hedges v. Riker
New York Court of Chancery
MARYM'CREA, a widow, by her last will, dated March 8th, 1817, devised and bequeathed to her executors, therein named, in trust, for the sole benefit and use of her daughter Catharine, now the wife of the plaintiff Hedges, the whole income, rents, issues, and profits of all her estate, real and ■personal, whatsoever and wheresoever, subject to the payment of the legacies, and dispositions, in her said will after-wards mentioned.
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MARYM'CREA, a widow, by her last will, dated March 8th, 1817, devised and bequeathed to her executors, therein named, in trust, for the sole benefit and use of her daughter Catharine, now the wife of the plaintiff Hedges, the whole income, rents, issues, and profits of all her estate, real and ■personal, whatsoever and wheresoever, subject to the payment of the legacies, and dispositions, in her said will after-wards mentioned. And she directed her executors to pay over to her said daughter, the whole of the said income, rents, issues, and profits of her estate, excepting so much as might be…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The will of Mary M‘Crea bequeaths and devises to her executors in trust, for the use and benefit of her only child, the present plaintiff Mrs. Hedges, the *166whole income, rents, issues, and profits of her estate, real and personal, during her natural life, for her use and that of her children, and after her death to her children; and if she should die without issue, then the remainder over to be distributed according to the directions of the will. She then gives to her executors “ full power and authority to sell and dispose of so much of the real estate as may be necessary to…
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