Child v. Orton

The bill seeks the construction of the will of Helen O. Colton, who died on May 28th, 1931. The particular issue is the meaning of the words "personal effects" as used in the fifth clause of the will. Only the third, fifth and sixth clauses of the will need be now read, and they are as follows:

"Third: I devise to my husband, Frank Bliss Colton, the land and dwelling at northerly corner Hillyer and State Streets, East Orange, New Jersey, which he conveyed to me, and I bequeath to him (1) my cash in bank and also (2) one-half (1/2) of all my securities, bonds and stocks, at their market values…