The Pennsylvania Co. v. Morrell

The bill is for the construction of the will and codicil of Mary T. Morrell. The inquiry presented is whether by the provisions of her will testatrix intended to execute the power of testamentary appointment which she enjoyed touching certain property held in trust under the will of her father, Richard H. Morrell.

Nowhere in the will or codicil does testatrix make specific reference to the power, but the will contains a residuary gift in which the language used is: "The balance of my estate." It is accordingly urged that the gifts contained in her will and codicil were intended by testatrix to…