Meier v. Denver United States National Bank

This writ of error is directed to a decree of the Denver Probate Court construing the Last Will and Testament of Henry J. Meier. We will refer to the plaintiff in error, Helen Croke Meir, as the plaintiff herein, and to the defendants in error collectively as the defendants or by name.

Plaintiff, as executrix of the estate of Henry J. Meier, filed a petition in the probate court for a construction of certain language employed in the testator’s Will. So far as relevant here, the Articles of testator’s Will read as follows:

“ARTICLE I.

“I request and direct that my Executrix shall pay all…