Bennett v. Bennett's

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Willis.Affirming.

Richard Bennett died on July 6, 1930, survived by nine children. Shortly thereafter an instrument executed on March 2, 1925, together with a codicil dated September 3, 1925, was admitted to probate, as his last will. By the terms of the will and codicil $1 each was bequeathed to Richard Charles Bennett, Otto Joseph Bennett, Roger Hamilton Bennett, Lillie Belle Dug’an, and Raymond Gordon Bennett. The original will had given Raymond Gordon Bennett $100, but the codicil cut it down to $1. The “rest and residue” of the estate was devised to Edward…