Dannells v. United States National Bank

John Dannells died testate in Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, on November 2, 1926. By his last will and testament he appointed the defendant bank as executor thereof. He bequeathed to his wife, Laura J. Dannells, one of the plaintiffs herein, $20,000, to his son Charles It. Dannells, $100, and to plaintiff, Dorothy Dannells, wife of Charles R. Dannells, the sum of $1,000. He also bequeathed $1,000 each to Mary Neuman and Christina Skans. He devised and bequeathed the residue of his estate to defendant bank in trust, directing and authorizing said bank as such trustee to pay to plaintiff,…