Alexander Estate

FRANKS, J.,

The question before this court involves the proper distribution of the estate of Albert F. Alexander, also known as A. F. Alexander, who died testate on March 25, 1977, in view of the codicil to his last will and testament executed August 10,1976. Mary A. Murphy, his sister, timely filed a statement of claim against the proposed schedule of distribution claiming that she ought to receive 50 percent of the residue rather than nothing as set forth under the proposed schedule of distribution.

The critical language under contention is the language from the codicil which reads: “In the…