Gates v. White

The sixth clause of the will of Josiah Gates is as follows: “ I desire that the income of one thousand dollars, and any part of the principal sum which may be needed, (said sum to be taken from life insurance,) shall be appropriated for *354the comfortable support of Prescott Coburn so long as he may-live, and then for the proper lettering of my monument in my cemetery lot, and keeping the lot and fences in suitable condition and repair.”

Prescott Coburn died before the testator, and the testator before his death properly lettered the monument in his cemetery lot. He owned one lot, composed of two…