Stanford v. Paris

PARKER, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted this action on 13 October 2006 seeking a declaratory judgment as to the construction of Charles Whitson Stanford, Jr.’s (decedent) holographic will that, after certain specific bequests, left “[a]ll stocks, bonds, and real estate, saving account and E Bonds wheresoever situate [including] ... all stock in Redfields, Inc. left to me by my father, Charles W. Stanford, Sr.” to his sisters Jean Stanford Mann and Jane Stanford Paris. The will did not contain a residuary clause. Decedent died 19 May 1990, having never married and leaving no children.…