Grigson v. Harding

On report. Plaintiff trustees bring this bill in equity seeking instructions and an interpretation of the will of the late Minne S. Stephens. It must be said at the outset that the will, although dispositive of a substantial estate, is so ineptly and inexpertly drawn and is couched in language so confusing and obscure that it tends effectively to conceal rather than to reveal what may have been the wish and intent of the testatrix.

After making certain specific bequests unrelated to any issues presented here, the testatrix undertook to dispose of the residuum in the sixth clause of the will,…