In re the Construction of the Will of Woggon

Witmer, S.

In this will construction proceeding it appears that the testatrix died on October 26, 1948, at the age of eighty-six years, leaving a will drafted by her family attorney and bearing date September 29, 1946, which has been duly admitted to probate.

She was survived by her five children; three boys and two girls. She designated the petitioner as executor of her will, and directed an equal division of her assets amongst her five children, after the payment of the debts and funeral and administration expenses. At first blush such a will seems eminently fair; but bitter animosity and…