In Re Estate of Vail

Appellant filed an application in the district court of Lyon county, Iowa, for the construction of the will of Ida F. Vail, deceased, late of Rock Rapids, Iowa.

That part of the will material for the determination of this case is set out as follows:

“Par. 5. To each of the following named persons I give, devise and bequeath the sum set opposite the respective names:

“To Ben B. Packard, of Three Rivers, Calif., Seven Thousand ($7,000) Dollars;

“To Nettie I. Tiggemann, of Cherokee, Iowa, Seven Thousand Dollars,

“To Raynor J. Packard, of Austin, Colo., Seven Thousand Dollars,

“To Zoe Cochrane, of…