Connelley v. Byerley

Francis X. Byerley died testate November 9, 1911, leaving three sons and five daughters living. In his last will and testament, after making certain dispositions of his property among *323his eight children, he disposed of certain claims for profits and damages on account of the infringement of a patent that had been issued to him in his lifetime. Five-eighths of these claims were, by the terms of the will, bequeathed absolutely to the defendant, Francis A. Byerley, a son of the testator, the other three-eighths being equally divided between the remaining children. Shortly after the death of…