Bruce v. Bruce
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On bill in equity .for the construction of the will of Geoige A. Bruce, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bergen, J.
We are asked to construe the holographic will of George A. Bruce, deceased, and the only question presented for determination is whether two paragraphs, numbered on the margin of the will as sixteenth and seventeenth, are, because of such enumeration, independent of each other or should be read as one.
*574The vice-chancellor found that they were independent, containing distinct gifts, and as the one marked on the margin as seventeenth undertook to dispose of the residue of the estate without naming a legatee it was void, and, therefore, the…
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