Almon v. Shell

A testator, after devising, in items one and two of his will, specific property to two of his nieces, provided in item three as follows: “I direct that Ada Shell, daughter of John and Sarah Ann Shell, receive the full interest hereinafter bequeathed to any nephew or niece as fully as her mother, my niece, the said Sarah Ann Shell, would have been entitled to under the scheme of this will; the said Ada to inherit, to the exclusion of her brothers and father, the whole share - of her mother, my said niece, 'equal with every other nephew and niece.” In item five he provided: “I direct that the…