In Re Estate of Beer

On February 26, 1945, Oscar Beer, an uncle of the contestants and appellants, Frank Grunow, Emma Grunow White and Fritz Grunow, died leaving a will wherein a nominal bequest of $1.00 was made to each said contestant. The remainder of his estate was devised and bequeathed to Archie Morton, his friend of more than twenty years. The will, so far as material herein, provided:

“All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatsoever kind and nature, and wheresoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath unto my friend, ARCHIE MORTON. I make this gift unto Archie Merton for the reason that…