Brown v. Rudolph

This appeal involves the interpretation of a trust clause of a will.

Mary C. Hamon, the testatrix, died in September, 1927, survived by seven adult children, a son and six daughters, one of whom was Edith I. Brown, the wife of appellant. The will provided first that all real property belonging to the estate be sold. The testatrix then bequeathed to six of her children, not including Mrs. Brown, a one-seventh interest each in her estate; and the remaining one-seventh, over which this controversy arises, she disposed of as follows: “Third: I give, devise and bequeath to Paul Rudolph, of San…