Curtis v. Osborn

Charles F. Osborn (who was not a lawyer), in the will in question, which is wholly in his own handwriting, after giving several legacies amounting in all to less than $2,500, proceeded as follows :•—

“ Sixth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of every kind owned by me at my decease, I give, devise and bequeath to my executors hereinafter named, to hold the same as trustees, for the uses and purposes following : ‘ That is to say,’ First to convert all my real estate and all my personal property into money, as soon as in their judgment the same can be done without loss, and to…