Heirs of Cole v. Cole's Executors

Two questions are presented on the in this case. The first arises under the following disposition in the last will and testament of the deceased.

leave and bequeath unto my said brother, ^am es Col e, all the residue of the property and effects of which I may die possessed, after the payment of my just debts, for and during his natural life; and at his decease it is my will that the same descend to all his children, ... , and share alike, without regard to the laws of primogeniture existing in that country (Ireland.)”

“The foregoing disposition of my property *415may not be conformable to the laws…