In re the Estate of Spears

Wingate, S.

Four questions are propounded in this special proceeding for the construction of the will of this decedent. The first concerns testatrix’s intention respecting division of her own estate and the residuaiy estate of another over which she held a power of appointment between named charitable and non-charitable beneficiaries; two relate to the identity of named legatees; and the last raises the question as to whether the dealings of the tes*183tatrix with the subject-matter of a specific gift resulted in its ademption.

By the twenty-fifth item of the will of Dick S. Ramsey a trust was…