Burdick v. Collins

SMITH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order construing a portion of the Last Will and Testament of Angelyn H. Serrill, deceased. The will was set out in four paragraphs. By paragraph 1, the testatrix left her residence and all of the household furnishings therein to a stepdaughter. Paragraph 2, the disputed portion of the will, provides as follows:

“I give and bequeath the sum of four thousand dollars to a Home for Boys and the sum of four thousand dollars to a Home for Crippled Children, said Homes to be selected and designated by the executors of my estate.”

Paragraph 3 contains a…