In re the Will of Brown

Paul, S.

This is a proceeding to construe the will of the decedent. The questions involve the matter of a mortgage specifically bequeathed but .paid to the decedent before her death, also certain shares of stock bequeathed by the will but which were sold by the decedent in her lifetime.

As to the mortgage, there was a balance of about a thousand dollars of principal owing on the same when it was acquired by the decedent. It was fully paid to her before she died. Her will states the following in reference thereto: “ Item II: (b) To pay over to my niece, Emogene H. Eldridge, the net income from a…