Rich v. Mottek

This action has been brought by the daughters of Margaret Mottek, deceased, to impress a trust upon property belonging to the estate of Margaret Mottek, and to have the same distributed to the plaintiffs pursuant to the terms of an alleged joint and reciprocal will executed by Ludwig Mottek and his wife, Margaret, in 1946. It is the contention of the plaintiffs, that after her husband died in 1950, Margaret Mottek executed another will in 1955 which made provision for plaintiffs, but not as sole and absolute heirs, and was therefore in violation of the joint and reciprocal will.

The principle…