Brown v. Lumbert

This is a suit in equity whereby the trustee in bankruptcy of Frank L. Lumbert seeks to obtain a conveyance of real estate devised for the benefit of the bankrupt by the will of his father, James M. Lumbert.*

The only portion of the will disclosed on the record is the clause set forth in the footnote.† The clause is badly drawn. That fact *420must be considered in construing it. As the whole will is not set out, no help can be gained from the rest of the will in construing this clause. By the true construction of this clause, nothing is to be conveyed or paid to the bankrupt or to others by his…