Kellner v. First Trust & Sav. Bank of Kankakee

This appeal involves the construction of a will.

The will in question was executed by Julia Surpernant on November 9, 1950. The fourth and thirteenth clauses of her will read as follows:

“Fourth: I hereby direct my executors to distribute my bonds to my children, each of them receiving the bonds in which he or she is named as co-owner with myself.”

“Thirteenth: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate not otherwise specifically herein devised, bequeathed or covered by direction, I give, devise and bequeath to my children in equal shares.”

Julia Surpernant’s daughter, Genevieve Gulczynski,…