In Re the Estate of Englis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

This is a will construction case, initiated by a trustee who requests instructions concerning the proper distribution of the principal of a trust created under the will of John Englis for the benefit of his daughter, Bertha Englis Sayre, during her lifetime. The trustee’s uncertainty arises from the language of the will pertaining to the devolution of the principal following Mrs. Sayre’s death. Mrs. Sayre died in 1966 at the age of 95 years, widowed and without children or other issue; she had been the last surviving child of the testator.

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