In Re the Estate of Foster

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

The last will and testament, consisting of a will and codicil, of Mary E. Foster, deceased, was admitted to probate in the circuit court of the first judicial circuit, Territory of Hawaii, on February 11, 1931. E. H. Wodehouse and J. L. P. Robinson were named as executors. The executors qualified as such and assumed their duties. The deceased left an estate of large value in the Territory and by the terms of her last will bequeathed various substantial sums to sundry persons and institutions. The total amount of these pecuniary legacies was approximately…