In Re Long's Estate

The question in this case is whether a bequest in a will is valid.

Martha Long died in Seattle, August 12, 1935, testate. She had made her will on the previous January 26. At the time of making her will, the testatrix was eighty-three years of age. After making certain recitals in the will, she bequeathed and devised to her executor, named therein, one-half of her estate, and the other half, as recited in the will:

"I hereby give, devise and bequeath to that person, or those persons who shall have rendered to me the greatest service in my declining months or years, the name or names of whom…