Hunt v. Hunt

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Fred B. Hunt against his stepmother, Ermine Hunt, seeking to have the following provision of his father’s will interpreted as constituting a valid bequest, mandatory in nature, to him, in the sum of $5,000:

“4. It is my desire that Ermine Hunt pay to Fred B. Hunt, my son by a former marriage, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Shortly before my present marriage, I made a complete and final settlement of property with my son, Fred B. Hunt, and thereafter, at various times, I have made him substantial gifts of real and personal…