Ellis Estate

KLEIN, Adm. J.,

Edwin J. Ellis died December 25, 1965. He left the residue of his estate to his trustees with directions that it be divided into two fractional shares, one to be known as the “marital portion” and the other as the “nonmarital portion.”

Testator provided that the net income from the marital portion be given to his wife for life, together with “Such portions of the principal of the trust as [she] may in writing request from time to time. . . ,” and upon her death he provided that the principal of the trust then remaining be distributed to and among such persons, including her own…