Eastman v. First National Bank

The language of the will is obscure and conflicting, but it seems plain that the trust was created in order to accomplish two distinct purposes, i.e., 1. to provide funds for the payment of the seven annuities created by clauses 7 to 13 inclusive of the will, and 2. to provide for the support of the testator’s wife and children •during the minority of the latter. It is difficult to ascertain what result the testator intended to achieve after these purposes were fully ■effectuated.

It is by no means clear that he intended that the trust should continue after all his children became of age. The…