Industrial Trust Co. v. Glanding

Harrington, Chancellor:

The will of Herman Glanding, in part, provides:

“Second: I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Alice W. Glanding all my property, real, personal and mixed, of whatever nature or kind and wheresoever the same may be situate to her and her heirs and assigns forever.”

There are no other material provisions in that instrument.

As Alice W. Glanding, the wife of the testator, predeceased him, the bequest to her never took effect, so for all practical purposes, he died intestate. He left to survive him a son, Howard S. Glanding, and a daughter, Reba W. Taylor. Charles…