Gest v. Williams

Citations

• 4 Del. Ch. 55

Syllabus

<p>The testator directed his executor to convert into money his entire estate, within a certain time after his death, and bequeathed the residue, in equal shares, to his married daughters “ for their sole and separate use, respect- “ ively.” Upon a bill filed by two of them and their husbands, Held, that the legacy, being to the wives for their separate use, was not payable to the husbands, but that the wives must appear in Court and elect whether the fund should be paid into their own hands, or secured for their sole use and benefit.</p>