In Re the Estate of Ching

OPINION OE THE COURT BY

CIRCUIT JUDGE JAMIESON.

Contestants appeal from probate of a will.

On November 25, 1952, Margaret Mew Len Ching signed the will in question. To her children by her first husband she left the following sums: Nancy $1,000.00, Thelma $1,000.00, Charles $500.00, and Hilda $200.00. To her children by her second husband, Alfred and Audrey, she left her clothing and jewelry, and, “SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the life interest of my beloved husband, CHARLES FAT CHING, for the period of his natural life,” the rest of her estate, mainly a small apartment house. 1

At the jury trial, Mr.…