McLeod v. Andrews

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming in part, reversing in part.

Mrs. Kate Dunlap died in 1944; by her will, of date July 27, 1937, she provided for payment of just debts and funeral expenses. She had acquired under the will of her husband some $58,000 in personal property; this she bequeathed to kindred of her deceased husband. In the second clause, and by codicils, she made numerous specific monetary bequests to relatives, friends, her church and charitable institutions, varying in sums from $50 to $5,000, totaling at a rough estimate $50,000, this representing all of her…