In re the Construction of the Will of Megaffee

Joseph W. Cribe, S.

Petitioner executor in this proceeding requests a construction of certain paragraphs of the last will of decedent. The paragraph in question reads as follows: “ Second: I give and bequeath to Mary Biker, of Ontario, Wayne County, New York, all of my personal effects, which may be left in my room at the time of my death, except those hereinafter specifically bequeathed.”

The residuary clause directs the executor to convert the residue into cash and to divide the same into three equal parts, one of which is given to the First Methodist Church of Canandaigua, New York, one to…