Cattell v. Evans

This is an appeal from a decree construing the last will and testament of Lester E. Evans, which was executed on December 16, 1929. Evans died on August 27,1940. Evans was divorced in 1924 from his first wife, Alice L. Evans, by whom he had two children, Earl L. Evans and Meta Evans Titus, who are defendants in the instant case. Under the decree of divorce Evans gave his former, wife $9,500 as a property settlement, et cetera, and upon her death in 1933 she left in excess of $8,000, the bulk of which went to her son and daughter.

Evans subsequently married Lucy Keyes. Prior to this marriage…