Boutelle v. Boutelle

Richard S. Boutelle, a man of wide business and financial experience who had been the operating head of the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Company until 1956, died testate on January 15, 1962. Item 2 of the will read as follows: “I give, devise and bequeath unto Mrs. Ellen Burnette Boutelle, my wife, all of my estate whether real, personal or mixed, of every kind or description to be held by her by the benefit of herself, and our children.”

He was survived by his widow whom he had married in December 1957 and by two children, born August 3, 1960, the issue of the marriage. He was also survived by…