Nusly v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. Ben B. Lindsey, Judge. Proceeding by Eose C. Nusly, Eutk Lyttle, Elizai B. Hunt, Sarah M. Bomberger and Susan A. Thresher- against Clarence Church Curtis and Oliver Augustus Whittemore, executors of the estate of Eliza C. Gfallup, deceased, and Clarence Church Curtis, Sarah Ann Curtis, residuary legatees of said estate, asking for the interpretation of a will. From the decree entered, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
In this proceeding the plaintiffs in error asked for an interpretation of the second clause of the last will of Eliza O. Gallup, deceased, under which they claim as legatees. It reads:
“Second. Any and all sums of money which may at any time hereafter become due and payable to me or my estate, by or under any insurance policy upon the life of my husband Francis Gallup-, which may heretofore have been insured, payable to me or in my favor, I will and bequeath to the five sisters of my said husband, or to such of them as may be living at the time any such insurance moneys shall be actually…
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