Nielsen v. Duyvejonck

This case presents as its principal issue the construction of the will of Effie M. Gatrel, deceased, and arises from a controversy between remaindermen and the executor of the estate of the life tenant.

The decedent, Effie M. Gatrel, died on March 21, 1944. By her last will, dated March 26, 1943, she first directed the payment of her funeral expenses and just debts, and then disposed of the balance of her estate as follows:

“All the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate, real, personal or mixed, and wheresoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved husband, James F. Gatrel, to…