In Re the Estate of Shoptaugh

RATLIFF, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Martha Byrne Brokaw appeals a judgment of the Gibson Circuit Court construing the will of Isabelle Shoptaugh, deceased, declaring that certain corporate stocks found in a desk in decedent's residence were not included in a devise of the house and contents. We affirm.

FACTS

Isabelle Shoptaugh died on May 22, 1983, and her last will and testament dated July 5, 1978, was probated on July 1, 1988. Shoptaugh's estate was valued at in excess of $1,600,000. Item III of her will, which is the one subject to controversy, provided as follows: "I give, devise…