Miller v. Equitable Trust Co.

Terry, Judge,

delivering the opinion of the court:

This case concerns an appeal from a final decree of the Court of Chancery entered on the 27th day of May, 1942, wherein the Chancellor placed a construction upon the last will and testament and codicil of Hannah M. Brown, deceased, which resulted in partial intestacy. That portion of the last will and testament of Hannah M. Brown, deceased, dated the 4th day of December, 1925, which is pertinent to this issue, is as follows:

“First:—I order and direct the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses by my Executor hereinafter named, as soon…