In re the Estate of Kellogg

Wingate, S.

The question of testamentary interpretation here propounded concerns the sum which Susan A. Darling is entitled to receive under the will and codicils of this testatrix.

All three instruments contain internal evidence of competent draftsmanship although their authorship has not been disclosed. The will and first codicil both bear the date of August 31, 1928, but are witnessed by different individuals. The second codicil is dated November 10, 1928.

The will contains twenty-seven numbered items, twenty-two of which bequeath general legacies of varying amounts to twenty-*704five individuals…