Paine v. Sanders

The appellants, Thomas F. Paine, Jr., George T. Paine and Mrs. Mary Paine Claiborne, nephews and niece of Paul A. Therrell, deceased, have prosecuted this appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Monroe County construing the last will and testament of the said Paul A. Therrell, deceased, and ordering a final distribution of the residue of the estate of the testator among the remaining nephews and nieces of the said testator as residuary legatees under the will.

The record shows that the said Paul A. Therrell died on October 22, 1958, unmarried and childless, and that neither of his…