In Re O'rourke's Estate

This is the third appearance of this estate in this Court. In O’Rourke v. Cleary et al., 104 Vt. 312, 158 Atl. 673, the jurisdiction of the court of chancery to construe the will of Thomas F. O’Rourke was sustained. In the same case, 105 Vt. 85, 163 Atl. 583, it was decided that the $25,000 bequest to Maude Delaney O’Rourke, the widow of Thomas, contained in his will, was intended to be in addition to and not in lieu of her statutory rights as the widow of the testator. But we did not attempt to say what these statutory rights were, as it was considered that that question was for the probate…