Bennett v. Bennett

On September 24, 1925, Harry V. Bennett and Catherine Bennett, husband and wife, executed mutual wills. The wills were signed simultaneously before the same witnesses. Paragraph “ First ” of each will contained the following provision, excepting the change of their names and the related personal pronouns: “ First: I, Harry V. Bennett, of Yonkers,, N. Y., husband of Catherine Bennett, provided that if I should die first, that by this instrument I give, devise and bequeath all my property, both real and personal, of whatever it may consist and wheresoever situated, which at the time of my death…