Lenz v. Sens

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Adolph Lenz and others, as the heirs at law of Justina Ruppersberg, against Otto Sens, the executor of the will of said Justina Ruppersberg, and T. W. House for the construction of said will, and to have paid to them as the heirs of the deceased, a special bequest made therein, which had lapsed by reason of the death of the special legatees prior to the death of the testatrix. Others who were named in said will as legatees in the residuary clause also became parties to the suit. The case was tried by the. court without a jury, and judgment was…