Supreme Court of Connecticut February 15, 1884 (Woodhouse v. Phelps)

Carpenter, J.

Horace Wadsworth in his will made this provision for his daughter: — “I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved daughter, Ella Wadsworth, the use and improvement during the period of her natural life *522of the sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars. Also my meadow lot, so called, being a certain piece of land situated in Hartford and containing about two and a half acres.