Daniels v. Daniels

Courtland C. Daniels died, leaving a will in which, after various devises and bequests, he gave the residue of his property to “my legal heirs.” There survived him at his death, as his nearest relatives, three nephews and also several grandnieces and grandnephews, children of a son of a brother, and of a son of a sister, of the testator, the brother and sister and their sons all having died before him. The Court of Probate decreed that the three nephews were entitled to the residue of the estate, to the exclusion of the grandnieces and grandnephews. An appeal was taken to the Superior Court…