In re the Estate of Hazen

Delehanty, S.

Deceased appears to have been the draftsman of his own will. In it he gave everything he owned to his wife after providing a number of bequests which aggregate a substantial sum of money. In respect of two of these money bequests he said that they were “ to be placed in trust with the City Bank Farmers Trust Co.” In next to the last paragraph of Ms text he said: “ I appomt my wife Louisa Allen Hazen and City Bank Farmers Trust Co. trustees of my estate.” The text of the will contains no direction m respect of trusts or in respect of the functions of trustees unless the two…