In Re Estate of Bump

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This appeal arises from an order made in connection with the final settlement of a decedent’s estate construing the will of the testatrix and ordering distribution of the residue of the estate. For convenience the parties to the appeal, Ila Lavon Bonney, Frances Bump Parr, Grace Boyd Welshans and Margie I. Bauman, are hereafter referred to generally by their surnames.

The will of Mabel Furman Bump, which was duly admitted to probate, consisted of a series of unnumbered paragraphs in which she bequeathed articles of personal property and sums…