Cryder v. Garrison

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

This appeal is concerned ivith the interpretation of a lvill. As in many of such cases, no difference of opinion is admissible with respect to the germane rules of construction. It is only a matter of their relative applicability. The basic question involved is whether a specific devise of the testatrix’s “home” property to “three nieces”, appositely named, was a devise to them individually or as a class. One of the nieces having predeceased the testatrix, residuary legatees and the decedent’s executors asserted that the specific devise lapsed to the extent…