Frye v. Saunders

The will of Abbie M. Smart contains a number of specific bequests and money legacies, but no residuary clause. There is remaining in the hands of the executor approximately $70,000, and he brings this petition for instructions as to what persons are entitled to it. The occasion for the application is the presence in the will of the following paragraph: “ I give and devise nothing whatever to my father’s first wife’s relations and nothing to my mother’s relations; and hope that my wish as here in expressed will be clearly understood.”

Amos Holt, the father of the testatrix, was twice married,…