Roberts v. Tamworth

The will contains twenty-two clauses and names -thirty-three as legatees or substituted legatees. The language of the will and the fact that an attesting witness was an attorney indicate that the draftsman was familiar with legal terms (Mulvanity v. Nute, 95 N. H. 526) and “the principle of lapse of legacies.” Franklin Nat. Bank v. Gerould, 90 N. H. 397, 398. Thus four clauses of the will provided for substituted legatees “in the event I outlive him.” Her bequests to two churches contained the express provision that they “shall not lapse because of error in giving corporate names.” In another…