Talbot v. Anderson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Mary W. Tolman died July 29, 1925, leaving a will which, after giving bequests in money amounting in all to nearly $40,000, and various bequests of specific articles of personal property, concluded with the provision that “If there is any money left after everything is paid from my estate I would like it to be given to” the persons and charity who are plaintiffs in this case.

At the time of her death the estate of testatrix was appraised at $78,962.88, consisting of $3,761.09 in cash, and the balance in stocks, bonds, mortgages, household goods and jewelry. The…