Estate of Randall

BISHOP, J. pro tem. *

On this appeal by the grandniece of the decedent from a decree declaring that a certain fund should go to the residuary legatee and not to the appellant, we are reversing the decree because we are convinced that the trial court erred in refusing to receive evidence, the object of which was to reveal what the testatrix meant by certain words she used in her will.

The facts essential to the plot are neither many nor complicated. The executor of the will filed a petition under section 1080 of the Probate Code praying that the court determine “those who are entitled to…