Peirce v. Farmers State Bank of Valparaiso

This is ah action to construe the will of Charles S. Peirce, a widower, late of Porter County, Indiana. After making a number of small specific “requests, not here involved, the will gives the residue of the estate to the appellee, Farmers State Bank, in trust, with directions to pay the monthly income therefrom to the testator’s son Joseph, or to use the same for his support, during his life. This is followed by Item 11, which directs that: “After the death of my son Joseph, providing he shall have survived me, the balance of my estate remaining in the hands of my Trustee, shall be…