Smith v. Thomas

May 7, 1906, Daniel C. Stover, of the city of Free-port, made and published his will, consisting of twelve paragraphs, by which he disposed of an estate of the value of $600,000. The accumulations, twenty per cent of which are derived from real estate and eighty per cent from personal property, amount to about $35,000 a year. The estate has trebled in value since the death of the testator. After he had executed his will his wife died and he added a codicil June 19, 1907. The testator died January 17, 1908, leaving him surviving May Winger Thomas and Porter S. Stover, his children. The…