In re the Estate of Merrill

The testator, William Willis Merrill, bequeathed to Robert Underhill, a brother-in-law of the testator’s deceased wife, the sum of $5,000 and to Taylor Underhill, a son of a nephew of his deceased wife, he bequeathed a legacy of $10,000. Both of these proposed beneficiaries died within one year after the testator’s death. . His will provides in paragraph 4 for the possibility of lapsing of the legacies bequeathed and the right of reversion in such event as follows: “ * * * If any legatee shall have died *650before he or she shall have been entitled to receive the legacy, according to the terms of…