Bostwick v. Bostwick

The trustees of the last will and testament of F. M. Bostwick, deceased, filed a complaint seeking the construction of certain parts of the will. The particular question is whether a bequest to the “heirs” of three named daughters of the testator’s sister should be construed so that the surviving husband of one of the daughters, who died leaving no children, take his wife’s share, or should the share go to one of the daughters named, who is living, and the children of the other daughter who died. The trial court held that the husband of neither of the tw.o deceased daughters was included…