In re the Estate of Hartung
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; John S. Orr and R. C. Stoddard, Judges. In the Matter of the Estate of Otto Hartung, Deceased. From a decree of distribution of the estate and from an order overruling a motion to modify such decree, the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Nevada appeals.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; John S. Orr and R. C. Stoddard, Judges. In the Matter of the Estate of Otto Hartung, Deceased. From a decree of distribution of the estate and from an order overruling a motion to modify such decree, the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Nevada appeals. The bequest of the income of this estate, unlimited as to time, was, in the intention of the testator, as well as in its legal effect, an absolute and unqualified bequest of the entire corpus or residue to appellant. (Smith v. Gates, 2 Root, 532,1 Am.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
This is an appeal by the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Nevada from the decree of distribution made in the above-entitled estate, and from an order overruling a motion to modify said decree.
The controversy grows out of the construction of the *204will of Otto Hartung, deceased. Those portions of the will which are essential to an intelligible understanding of the questions involved read as follows:
“Eighth' — In place of the provisions contained in paragraph 6, I give and bequeath to my sister Amalia Genkell of 14a Langenstrasse,…
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