Garde v. Goldsmith

There were facts in the case showing that on July 10, 1918, Simon L. Selling executed a will, and, on July 26,1923, a codicil thereto, whereby, after creating a trust fund for the benefit of his invalid sister Eose and making a few small charitable bequests, he devised and bequeathed his property in manner following: To the plaintiff and his wife jointly he bequeathed the sum of $5,000; to the daughter of plaintiff $5,000, and to plaintiff $1,000. The entire residue of his estate, in excess of $175,000 in value, he devised and bequeathed to his niece, Sybil E. Lippitt, now Sybil E. Goldsmith,…