Gibson v. Hills

Hills, one of the defendants in error, and executor of the will of Harriet Sargent Hauser, deceased, filed a petition in the county court to construe such will. Jessie Ocker Gibson and Edna M. Ocker Stevenson, plaintiffs in error, answered, and claimed certain specific legacies, which the court allowed. They claimed also the entire residuary estate, which was disallowed. They bring the case here for review and ask for a supersedeas. The question of the right to the residuary estate is all that is before us. Various heirs of deceased are co-defendants in error with Hills.

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