Will of Stack v. Stack

The following opinion was filed December 5, 1933 :

Owen, J.

The will of Stephen Sylvester Stack, deceased, was executed on the 22d day of November, 1928. At the time of the execution of the will the value of his estate disposed of thereby was in the neighborhood of one million dollars, all accumulated through his individual efforts. He *100died on or about the 18th day of June, 1932, and in due course his will was admitted to probate. Owing to the shrinkage of values resulting from the depression, his estate at that time inventoried at about $550,000.'

By the second paragraph of his will the…