Hartwig v. Schiefer

This was an action to construe a will,, and to compel distribution in accordance therewith.

*65George F. W. Schiefer, by his last will, devised his real estate in specific parcels, to his children, Caroline ELaberkorn, Margaret Swartz, Sophia Bremer, and Charles W. Schiefer, and made certain bequests to his grandchild, Lorenz Schiefer, only child of George W. Schiefer, deceased, and to other parties. By the tenth item of his will, he directed that, out of any balance that might remain after paying his debts, the bequests previously made and the expenses of administering his estate, his executor…