In re the Estate of Hoe

Foley, S.

This is an application for a construction of the will. The testatrix died on June 11, 1940, leaving a will executed March 23, 1934, and a codicil executed June 14, 1935. The seventh paragraph of the will provides as follows:

“ Seventh: I give and bequeath the following sums to the persons named herein, if they respectively be in my employ at the time of my death as follows:

Five thousand ($5,000) Dollars, to Susan Seery;

Five thousand ($5,000) Dollars, to Ellen Roche;

Five thousand ($5,000) Dollars, to Margaret Imlay;

Five thousand ($5,000) Dollars, to Mary Quirk."

The executors have…