Cleary v. Estate of White

The evidence contains very limited facts. Charles P. White, hereinafter referred to as the testator, died 'on an undisclosed date leaving a will dated March 26, 1937, in the second article of wihioh he bequeathed to his wife $26,500' in cash or such securities as she might select from his estate, subject to the provisions of article fifth of his will. Article fifth provided in substance that if the $26,500 legacy was less than “her statutory share” in his estate, he then gave her the additional sum needed “to complete such statutory share,” expressing the intent that his wife receive “in…