Estate of Bernheimer v. First National Bank

An action for a declaratory judgment instituted in the circuit court and an appeal from an order of the probate court involved identical problems and were, therefore, consolidated into this single cause. The object of the cause is to construe Bertha C. Bernheimer's will for the purpose of determining which bequest and provision [17] of the will she intended should bear the expense of the federal estate taxes, the state inheritance taxes and the expenses of administration in a sum in excess of $250,000.00, there being no express provision or direction in the will providing for the incidence of…