Snow v. Ferril

This is a suit to construe the will of Lucinda R. King, a widow who died on October 29, 1922, at the age of eighty-seven years, leaving no children, and no direct descendants. Plaintiff, William D. Snow, is the executor of the will, and the other plaintiffs, fifty-seven in number, are nephews and nieces, or the children of deceased nephews and nieces of the testatrix.

Mary Downing Ferril, deceased, a niece of the testatrix, was the sole original defendant, but died pending the suit and is now represented by respondent, George C. Stafford, her administrator.

The will, after many bequests to…