Jones v. Harsha

The bill of complaint filed prays for a construction of certain provisions in the will of the late Walter S. Harsha of Detroit, and for instructions to plaintiff as trustee as to how she should proceed thereunder. The will, executed on October 19, 1916, provides for the payment of specific legacies amounting to $47,500, including $20,000 to the defendant, the son of a cousin. The residue is then given to the plaintiff, a niece of his late wife, for her natural life—

“with the right to use the income thereof for her own uses and purposes, with the remainder over to said above John W. Harsha.”

The…