Kuprash v. Somermeier

Opinion

HERNDON, J.

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not the court below arrived at a reasonable and tenable interpretation of an ambiguous provision of the will of Aimee Jergens Somermeier, deceased, hereinafter referred to as decedent. She was one of the four children of Andrew Jergens, Sr., founder of the Andrew Jergens Company. The major part of her estate consists of the 79,200 shares of that company which she owned at the time of her death on December 30, 1961.

Appellants represent the interests of Aimee Jergens Wurzenrainer, the 18-year-old great granddaughter of the…