Rule v. First Nat'l Bank of Clifton Forge

This suit involves the construction of the will of E. P. P. Rule, executed on December 20, 1940, and probated on February 12, 1942. Its provisions, without the formal parts, are as follows:

“First: I direct that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as conviently can be done.

“Second: I give devise and bequeath to my wife Esteila May Rule, all of my estate, real, personal, and mixed of which I may die seized or possessed with full power to dispose of same, but if the said real estate remains undisposed of at the time of my said wife’s death, then I direct that the *230sa…