Security Trust Co. v. Spruance

The Chancellor :

The bill in this case asks for instructions upon two questions.

1. By the third item of his will Henry R. Spruance devised as follows:

“All my interest in the estate of my aunt, Mary R. Hoffecker, I give, devise and bequeath unto my sisters, Mary E. Spruance and Emily Woodall Spruance, share and shar.e alike.

Mary R. Hoffecker had predeceased Henry R. Spruance leaving a will, in which she devised life interests in certain real estate to certain named persons, with remainders over in fee to four persons, among whom were Henry R. Spruance and his brother, Edgar Spruance, each of…