Getman v. Ackerly

Weltner, Justice.

Item 24 of the will of John Marshall Slaton provided as follows:

To the daughter of my sister, Mrs. William A. MacGregor, formerly Lulah Ellis Slaton, namely, Nancy MacGregor Getman, I leave 13%, which shall be held by my executor to be paid to her in monthly installments, or my executor shall be allowed to encroach upon the corpus in case of illness of herself or her son, Bishop Getman.

An action was brought in superior court to interpret this item of the will, and in 1955 the superior court entered the following order:(11) Item 24 of the Will means that (a) Equitable title to…