Green v. Allen

Bill in Equity involving the construction of a single paragraph in a will in which defendant Allen is named executor. On appeal.

The paragraph in question reads:

“All my wearing apparel, jewelry, articles of adornment and personal effects, I give and bequeath to my wife, Nettie Shaw, my sister, Mrs. Mary S. Kimball, my niece Mrs. Fred B. Bradeen and Frank W. Allen, to be distributed by them in accordance with their wishes and desires. Inasmuch as Frank W. Allen is familiar with my wishes to a considerable extent, his suggestions may be helpful in the distribution.”

Plaintiff claimed that the…