Riley v. Doing

De VANE, District Judge.

This suit was originally brought under the Florida Declaratory Judgment Statute, F.S.A. § 87.01 et seq., to secure a declaratory judgment, construing the last will and testament of Adelaide A. Riley, deceased. The will was executed June 30, 1938. It was prepared in Baltimore, Maryland, under the directions of testatrix’s brother, Charles H. Doing, an attorney. Plaintiff had no knowledge of the execution of the will until after the death of testatrix and never saw it, or a copy, until the day it was offered for probate.

Testatrix died July 28, 1945, leaving no issue. She…