Higby v. Martin

The Exchange Trust Company, as trustee under the will of Benjamin Vance, filed its final report and prayed for distribution of the assets so held by it, one-half of which belonged to Gladys Vance Higby, formerly Gladys Vance, who will be hereinafter referred to as Gladys Vance. The trust had terminated by the death of Benjamin Vance, Jr., the child of Gladys Vance and Benjamin Vance, the testator. He had bequeathed only $5 to Gladys Vance, supposing that he had been legally divorced from her. He had devised and bequeathed one-eighth of his estate to his father, one-eighth to his mother, and…