In re the Estate of Coleman

Smith, S.

One James Stuart Coleman prepared his own will, by the terms of which he gave nine legacies of various amounts from $500 to $2,200, one legacy of $200 and two legacies of $100 each, and then provided: “ And if the amount of the estate shall be less than the bequests it is to be deducted from the 9 amounts above $200 pro rata, and if it amounts to more than these bequests it is to be added to all the bequests (except William L. Flake) pro rata.”

The language seems clear as to what the testator intended done with his estate, viz.: That the three legacies, one of $200 and two of $100…