MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 22d day of May, 1869, Bernard Burnstine — his wife Elizabeth uniting with him in the deed — conveyed to Levi Abraham certain real estate in the city of Washington in trust for the sole and separate use of the wife, with power in her at any time to dispose of the property in whole or in part, or to encumber it by deed or by will, or by other instrument in the nature of a last will and testament...
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