In Re Thaxter

On report. Charles C. Small died testate and possessed of a substantial estate. In the third paragraph of his will appeared the following provision which contained the only reference to his widow: “THIRD: Over our many years of life together, I have purchased and given to my wife, Kathleen T. Small, monies, securities and other real and personal property and estate to an amount sufficient for all of her needs, having in mind her age and mental and physical condition, and which, in the aggregate, amounts to a sum considerably in excess of any legal share of my said wife in my estate,…