In Re Dungan's Estate

73 A.2d 776 (1950)

In re DUNGAN'S ESTATE.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

April 4, 1950.

George T. Coulson, Wilmington, for claimant.

William Poole, Wilmington, for the trustee.

Henry Van der Goes, Wilmington, for the executor.

RICHARDS, C. J., Terry, J., sitting.

RICHARDS, Chief Justice.

In the letter which Mr. Dungan wrote to Mrs. Snyder, dated May 15, 1941, he told her what he wanted to leave her in his will, namely, "the securities Aunt Bess left me or their equivalent, they amounted to $3477.50 in the 1941 Tax return", but that had no binding legal effect upon him or his estate. The same…