St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington v. Dwertman

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a declaratory judgment action seeking the proper construction of the will of Frank W. Harting. The principal question involved is the character of the estate devised and bequeathed to the testator’s wife and daughter. The controversy is between those parties and three charitable institutions named in the will.

The pertinent provisions of the will, which was drafted by a layman, are as follows :

“I give, devise, bequeath, my estate, real, personal and mixed, wherever it may be found, and of whatever it may consist, jointly to my wife, Louise Harting, as long ■ as she…