In re the Accounting of Hamilton

Henderson, S.

This is a proceeding for the judicial settlement of the account of the administratrix c.t.a. and for the construction of certain portions of decedent’s will..

*370The decedent died on November 13, 1943, leaving a last will and testament dated the 28th day of May, 1924. The instrument was prepared by the decedent himself who was not a lawyer.

By his will, the decedent divided his residuary estate into twenty-two parts. In a number of instances, he gave parts of the residue to legatees who were husband and wife. The. language creating such legacies is uniform and the following is an…