In re the Estate of Griffin

Wingate, S.

The present decedent, who was an executive of a well-known local corporation, died on May 24, 1935, leaving a will executed in September, 1916, which, with extreme brevity, left all his property to his wife and appointed her executrix. His *13estate concededly amounts to $140,000 in personalty and $6,250 in realty. In addition, there is insurance on his life in the sum of $55,000, which is payable to the widow as named beneficiary, and- it was stated at the hearing that he had left a number of survivorship bank accounts, which passed to her on his death,. the aggregate of the avails…