In re Gibb Estate

Petition for instructions brought by Edward W. Gallagher executor of the will of Anne L. Gibb, late of Weare. Certain questions of law arising therefrom were transferred and certified to this court by the Probate Court of Hillsborough County ( Cushing, J.) pursuant to the provisions of RSA 547:30.

Anne L. (Coughlin) Gibb, a widow, with no children, died on January 23, 1968. Her will, executed on June 22, 1962, after seven specific bequests, disposed of the residue of her estate as follows:

“ All the rest and residue of my Estate whether real, personal, or mixed, and wherever situated, I direct…