In re Estate of Wainwright

WIEAND, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to review the trial court’s interpretation of the holographic will of Abigail E. Wainwright. Although our assignment is not without difficulty, our careful review of the provisions of the will persuades us that the testatrix intended final distribution of assets precisely in accord with the plan stated in her will and not equally among her surviving heirs per capita. Therefore, we are constrained to reverse, the trial court’s equal distribution.

Abigail Wainwright died June 24, 1941, leaving a holographic will dated October 1, 1934. The will was duly…