Brooks, Exr. v. Eschwege

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Probate Court construing a will.

In Item I of her will, the testatrix provided for the payment of her debts and funeral expenses out of the proceeds of stocks mentioned in her agreement with a funeral director, to wit: Knickerbocker Trust, Spaulding & Company and Pennsylvania Railroad.

In Item II of her will she requested that the balance of her stocks be kept and her sister and brother, or their survivor, be given the earnings therefrom, and that upon the death of both the proceeds of said stocks be divided equally between The…