Lewis Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

The vital question raised by this appeal is the meaning of the word “money” as used in the testatrix’s holographic will.

Testatrix, Edith A. Lewis, died on June 11, 1954, leaving a personal estate of $10,658, of which $251.80 was in cash, $270.25 in household goods, and $10,185.95 in stocks and bonds. Her debts and expenses of administration (which were not itemized or broken down) amounted to over $5,000. In her holograpMc will dated February 1, 1950, testatrix made specific cash bequests of more than $1,750. She then gave, in separate paragraphs, specific…