In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Reiss

Four days before his marriage in 1925 the decedent executed a will. The will was made in contemplation of marrying the present widow. The dispositive provisions read: “ In the event that my estate shall amount to or be in excess of the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000) Dollars, I give and bequeath the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000) Dollars to my fiancee, Grace Stechen. * * * All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal or mixed, wheresoever situate and whatever kind or nature of which I may be seized or possessed or to which I may be entitled or in which I may be…