Merrill v. Hubbard

This case involves the construction of a will. The essential facts are not in dispute and are as follows: Robert Hall Merrill was born in 1881 and died in 1955. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1903 or 1904 as a civil engineer and after graduation was engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1907 he was married to Lena Billing-ton. She died in 1933. No children were born of this marriage. After his wife died Robert Hall Mer*222rill moved into the family home with his mother and his sister Ida Merrill Hewitt. In 1938 Robert Hall Merrill and Audie Sinclair Weston were married.…