In re the Estate of Payne

Feely, S.

Testator, a childless widower, by his last will, composed by himself and executed in his late seventies, about three years before his death, directed his executor to expend the entire estate, both real and personal, to defray the expenses of publishing, without copyright, a manuscript the testator declares in the will he would leave, entitled “ The Elijah Message,” which he desired his executor to place in public libraries. He also conferred on the executor a power of sale “ for the proper settlement of my estate.” His estate comprises about $3,000 in realty and a like amount in…