Strawbridge's Estate

Gest, 3.,

The testator by his will provided as follows: “Item Second: I give and bequeath the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) *704to my wife, Mary R. Strawbridge, absolutely. Item Third: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I give, devise and bequeath unto my wife, Mary R. Strawbridge, for and during all the term of her natural life, and I direct that the same shall be transferred to and held by her without her entering security therefor.”

At the audit of the executor’s account the Auditing Judge awarded “to Mary R. Strawbridge $50,000 absolutely and…