Wiktorowicz v. Haley

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

Benjamin F. Stone died in January 1966 leaving a widow Helen, who died in February 1967, and a daughter Lucille by a former marriage. At his death there were in existence five bank accounts amounting to about $24,000 standing in the joint names of Benjamin and Helen.

Under his will, Benjamin bequeathed $2,000 to Lucille, and also provided as follows:

Second: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, wherever situated and however and whenever acquired of which I may die seized and possessed or to which I may be at the time of my decease…