Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. Clyde

Theodore Schroeder of Greenwich died on February 10,1953, leaving a will dated April 16, 1952, which he had drafted in his own handwriting on a stock legal form. The will was admitted to probate on March 3,1953, and the plaintiff qualified as executor. All debts of the estate and the administration expenses have been paid and there is now on hand for distribution the sum of $36,412.03. The plaintiff brought this action seeking a construction of the will, which is recited in full below. 1 From a judgment construing it adversely to their claims, the defendants Ethel Clyde and Leslie Kuhn have…