O'Brien v. Malcomb

This is an appeal from that portion of the decree of final distribution in the Estate of Margaret Hall which directs that the debts and expenses of administration be paid exclusively out of certain residuary legacies which failed of disposition by reason of the death of some of the residuary legatees prior to that of the testatrix. The will of decedent, after creating a number of specific and general legacies, contains the following residuary clause: “All"the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, I give, bequeath and devise in equal shares to the following ten persons . . .’’ Three of the…