In Re Boyle's Estate

This action involves a review of a judgment of the county court entered on a petition of the executor for construction of the will of Joseph P. Boyle, deceased, which was admitted to probate on January 6, 1949. It concerns the question of a lapse of a legacy, and also a lapse of a part of the residuum.

On March 23, 1943, Joseph P. Boyle, the deceased, executed the will involved. He thereafter became insane, and died October 21, 1948. Bridget Feeney, a sister, and one of the beneficiaries under his will, preceded him in death. She was the mother of John Feeney, a minor, one of the plaintiffs in…