In re Estate of Coleman

The question presented is whether appellant-widow takes only a third of the estate or $15,000 in value and half the excess. We affirm the trial court’s decision that appellant takes only the third.

Testator died in 1950 without issue. His will made in 1942 states in substance: “I want my wife Cecil to have all' her legal rights as to my property, which is % of my estate.

“* * * I want my brother Arthur to have the remaining % of the estate.”

A codicil made in 1946 confirms the will “save so far as any part of it is inconsistent with this codicil” and provides in substance : “In the event my…