Wendland v. Washburn University

Spencer, J.:

This is an appeal by Dorothy Wendland and Virginia Reynoldson, devisees and legatees under the last will and testament of Marie Russell, deceased.

The matter was submitted to the trial court on an agreed statement of facts. Marie Russell, who during her lifetime was a lawyer by profession, died April 28, 1981. Her last will and testament, which she prepared, was duly admitted to probate in the District Court of Shawnee County. By this means, she made certain specific devises and bequests of real and personal property, and made provision for the residue of her estate as follows:

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