Connolly Estate

Argued October 4, 1949. Joseph F. Connolly died April 20, 1948, leaving a holographic will which bequeathed "To Curtis N. Pfau 25 shares of stock in the Curtis Publishing Company . . ." The legatee is a minor, unrelated to testator. Testator, at his death, owned 21 shares of preferred and 53 shares of common stock in the Curtis Publishing Company. The auditing judge held the bequest was a general legacy and awarded to the legatee's guardian 25 preferred shares, thereby requiring the estate to purchase four additional preferred shares out of its general assets.

Mary C. Connolly, appellant,…