Elam v. Leach

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the interpretation of the will of Harriet Underwood Sy-monds. Decedent was a widow who left no surviving children or grandchildren and who was predeceased by both her parents and her brother and sisters. Her next of kin were nephews and a niece.

Her last will and testament directed that all taxes, debts, funeral and probate expenses be paid and that certain specific bequests be made to members of her family and blood and marriage relatives and to the minister of her church, and that the residue of the estate be disposed of as follows:

Item VI. All…