Sadler v. Bergstrom

This suit involves primarily the legal interpretation of the will of John Lander, deceased, a resident of Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

At the date of the will there were living testator's wife and his two daughters (Elizabeth Petrie and Mary Stewart), and also six grandchildren, children of his daughter Mary. His daughter Elizabeth had no children. To state its general scheme and summarize its contents briefly, it gives his entire estate first to his wife for life; then to a trustee in trust for his two daughters during their lives; finally to his grandchildren.

The language of the gift to the…