Equitable Trust Co. v. Johnson

Harrington, Chancellor:

The complainant seeks to have this court determine the meaning of the “Sixth” paragraph of the will of Mary Platt Van Trump, deceased. By that paragraph, the testatrix provided that the residue of her estate be divided into “two equal parts or shares.” She gave one of those shares to her daughter, Helen Elliott Johnson, absolutely. After the deduction of an absolute bequest of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars to her son, Harry Heron Johnson, from the other one-half part, she bequeathed and devised the remainder to the complainant in trust:

“* * * to pay one-half of…