Rector v. Eyre

Wick, J. S. C.

This is an action to quiet title to certain real estate and to construe a will by which the real estate in question passed to plaintiff’s devisor.

Plaintiff The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. John’s Church in Salem was the devisee of a tract of land in the City and County of Salem under the fifteenth clause of the will of Howard B. Keasbey, deceased. It is alleged that Keasbey became the owner in fee of the said tract by virtue of the will of his aunt, M. Caroline Keasbey, deceased. The construction of the will of the aunt is the subject of this suit.

The third clause of the…