In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Davis

Schulz, S.

The codicil to the last will and testament of the decedent executed more than ten years after her will, contains a bequest of a diamond ring to a legatee therein named. Immediately thereafter is a provision, as follows: “The remainder of my jewelry to be sold and the money derived from the sale to be added to the principal.” In her will the decedent had bequeathed other articles of jewelry to persons therein named, and the question involved is whether or not the codicil revoked such legacies.

There are no words of revocation contained in the codicil and the two documents must be read…