Gerlach Estate

Opinion by

Me. Justice Hoeace Steen,

A paragraph in the will of the testator, Charles L. Gerlach, provides as follows: “I give, devise and bequeath all my right, title and interest in my business, known as the Allentown Supply Company, to the following in equal shares absolutely;” There were named thirteen persons as the beneficiaries of this gift, most of whom were old employes of the business, one was decedent’s financial advisor, another his attorney; two of these legatees predeceased the testator. His residuary estate was left in trust to pay one-third of the net income to his mother for…