Estate of Ottoveggio

Vincenza Ottoveggio, a childless widow, died in Boston, Massachusetts, in October, 1941. Her holographic will, written in Italian and dated March 4, 1936, has been admitted to probate in Santa Clara County, her domicile at the time of her death. By this will the testatrix made several general and specific legacies. The estate is insufficient to pay the general legacies. The general legatees, who are brothers and sisters of the deceased, and residents of Italy, through the office of the Alien Property Custodian, maintained that the deceased did not effectively dispose of certain real property…