In re the Estate of Rogers

Smith, S.

One Catherine Rogers, by her will, after bequeathing certain general legacies and directing the payment of certain expenses from her estate, gave the remainder to five charitable corporate organizations, and directed that in case the amount of such residuary estate should exceed in value one-half of her total net estate then in that ease the aggregate amount payable to said five corporations should be reduced in equal value to one-half of her net estate, and that the excess of said residuary estate, over the value of one-half of the net estate, should be paid to Henrietta R. Wood, a…