In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Ronner

Schulz, S.

The decedent left a last will and testament duly probated in this court which contains the following clause: “Fourth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, I give, devise and bequeath to my nephews and nieces who may survive me.”

Five children of a deceased brother of the decedent survived her as nephew and nieces of the blood. Five *691children of a stepbrother and two children of a stepsister of the decedent also survived her. In this accounting proceeding the petitioner sets forth that some of the latter maintain that they are included in the designation “ My nephews and…