In re the Accounting of Truman

The central legal personality in this attenuated controversy is Esther H. L. Winter, who died in 1953. The problems posed in the case must be viewed in the relation of her two sisters and her two sons. By their respective wills her sisters created testamentary life trusts for her benefit; both sons were equal remaindermen; and one of the sons was designated as trustee in each trust. The two wills were alike in these respects.

The will of one sister, Laura A. Leonard, was admitted to probate in Tioga County in 1922; the will of the other sister, Emily C. Leonard, who died three years later, was…