case wall ux versus THURBANE of the tenth Lord chancellor ante case sir George  crook by his will devise that his real estate shall descend to his three  daughter and heir provide that his wife shall distribute it in such proportion  as she shall think fit the word of the devise of the premise in question as  state in the register book be to dame Susan his wife for life and after her  decease he will and devise that the same shall descend and come to his say  three daughter their heir and assign for ever nevertheless in and by such part  and part share and share proportion and proportion as his say wife by any  write under her hand and seal in the presence of three or more credible  witness or by her last will in write shall limit direct and appoint the mother  by deed execute in her lifetime appoint a very small proportion for the  plaintiff wife who be one of the three daughter and have appoint the rest for  the other two daughter and the bill be to be relieve against this unequal  distribution the mother appoint land of the annual value of pound and wood  thereon to the value of pound to one of the defendant and other land of the  annual value of pound and timber thereon to the value of pound to another of  the defendant both the plaintiff sister and to the plaintiff land of the  annual value of pound with little or no wood thereon r l upon long debate the  court declare the case be proper and relievable in equity for as the mother  here have appoint this daughter a less proportion than the other so she may  for some it may be causeless displeasure have allot her but one barren acre  only and it will be hard if equity in such a case shall not interpose and if  the court may interpose in that case it can then be object that the court  ought not to intermeddle or want jurisdiction in the case in question and it  be discretionary in the court whether it shall relieve in this case or not and  the court take time to consider of it and to be attend with precedent Reg lib  b fol the bill appear afterward to have be dismiss on compromise ibidem fol in  the argument of this case be cite the case of Cracer and Perrot and Gibson and  Kinven ante case where a man by will leave his personal estate to his wife to  be distribute among his child at her discretion and she give all to one child  and none to another and the court control that disposition such clause be  general intend to preserve obedience only Vernon chancery case but note one  main reason in the case last cite be that the wife have marry a second husband  and be under coverture her distribution may be influence by her husband  authority note in the principal case sir George crook appear to have be the  mother second husband and mrs wall the wife of the plaintiff to have be the  daughter of the first marriage and mrs Thurbane and Isabel a crook the  daughter of the second marriage vide Maddison v Andrew ves Gibson v Kinven  ante and case cite in note p