Comer v. Light
Indiana Supreme Court
From Probate Court of Marion County (8,534); Frank B. Ross, Judge. Final report by Robert C. Light,-as administrator of the estate of Jacob Cruse, deceased, to which Alfred W. Comer and others file exceptions. From the judgment rendered, said Comer appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1908, subdv. 2, Acts 1901 p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, C. J.
1. This is an appeal from a judgment overruling exceptions to the final report of an administrator, and approving such report. The question for determination arises upon the construction of a will, and the order of distribution under it, as affecting the insolvent estate of a deceased beneficiary thereunder. Henry Cruse died December 15, 1903, leaving a will, the material portion of which is as follows:
“ I will and bequeath to my beloved -wife, Eliza J. Cruse, all money and personal property of every description of which I may be possessed at my death, together with all my real estate situate…
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