Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital v. Wodehouse

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

CIRCUIT JUDGE METZGER.

This is an appeal from the decree of a judge of the first circuit, sitting at chambers, in equity, in a suit for legacy.

Mary E. Foster, a citizen and resident of this Territory, died in Honolulu on December 19, 1930, leaving a large estate for distribution under her last will, made on December 22, 1926, and a codicil thereto made June 17, 1930. The will and codicil were together admitted to probate in the first circuit on February 11, 1931. Article ninth of the will of the testatrix bequeathed to the complainant the sum of $50,000 in words and…