Estate of Farber

The issue presented to the court in this case relates to the use of the language of disinheritance or negative words of exclusion in the last will and testament of the testatrix.

The will contained no residuary clause. Gallagher v. McKeague (1905), 125 Wis. 116, 119, 103 N. W. 233. Therefore, we are not here concerned with the lapse of a residuary clause in a will. 2

The gifts of one half of the estate to Mary and one half to Ida Mae and Erna, in equal shares, were not gifts to a class. Estate of Mory (1966), 29 Wis. 2d 557, 559, 139 N. W. 2d 623; Will of Johnson (1929), 199 Wis. 154, 225 N. W.…