Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Leber

ELLIOTT, J.—

The bill of complaint filed in this cause is for the purpose of having the last will and testament of the late Margaret B. Tudor construed. Such construction has been deemed necessary in order to settle certain doubts which have arisen relative to the interests taken tinder said will by the devisees and legatees therein mentioned.

The will was drawn by the testatrix herself, without legal assistance or experience, and is therefore to be construed without any fine distinctions as to the words employed, or any strict adherence to legal technicalities.

As has been so frequently said by…