Freifeld v. Mankowski

By his last will and testament and the codicils thereto Robert F. Bixby disposed of a large estate, which consisted of an undivided one-half interest, valued at about $800,000, in real property devised to the testator by his father, John M. Bixby, of real property owned by the testator in severalty of the value of $10,500, and of personalty worth about $20,000. The testator’s debts were greater than the sum of his personal property.

Legacies amounting to $230,000 were bequeathed to various persons by the testator, and his executors and trustees ask for a construction of the will upon the…