Bruclmann v. Shaffer

This is an appeal in a proceeding to contest the will of Lena M. Bruckmann, deceased. By her will, after providing for the payment of debts and giving certain personal effects and household furnishings to her daughter, Doralena B. Felter, she gave all the rest of her estate to five of her six children, share and share alike. She explained that she omitted her son-John C. Bruckmann from her benefaction because she had made gifts to him in her lifetime. She named William Bruckmann, one of her sons, and Doralena B. Felter, her daughter, as executors.

By her codicil, she revoked the appointment of…