In re the Estate of Holmes

The testator died in 1943 leaving a will executed in 1941 which created a trust of his residuary estate with income, and so much of principal as his trustees might deem necessary for her care and maintenance, to a favored niece Florence for her life; upon her death, income from the trust estate to be divided equally among two nephews and a niece, Clifford, John, and Ruth; upon the death of the latter beneficiaries, " the portion bequeathed to him or her shall then go to the surviving nephews or niece, as the case may be, to be divided equally between them ”; and upon the death of the last…