Delaware Trust Co. v. FitzMaurice

Harrington, Chancellor:

This is a bill to construe the last will and testament of Ella C. Brady Deakyne, deceased. Her will was, in part, as follows:

“Item 2. I give and bequeath the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to the Catholic Bishop of the City of Wilmington, Delaware, to be distributed by him, in his discretion, within one year after my death, among the priests of his diocese, for the purpose of having masses said for me.”

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“Item 7. I give and bequeath my marble top table, my inlaid table and my bedroom suite, formerly belonging to my .mother, to my sister, Sarah Josephine Crumlish.”

In Item…