Hoermann v. Hoermann

It is the contention of the administrator, (a) that the words “and his heirs and assigns forever” as used in the twentieth paragraph of the will are words of limitation and not of substitution; (b) that paragraph twenty-one in which the testatrix did not attach to the gift the words above quoted contains no indication of an intention to substitute the heirs of Ernst J. Hoermann for him; (c) that the gift in paragraph twenty-four, the residuary clause, to testatrix’s named daughters and sons “share and share alike, and to their respective heirs and assigns forever” evidences no purpose to use…