Waugh v. Poiron

Ethel Seidel Wiechering appeals from a decree construing the will of her aunt, Nellie P. Brown. The will was executed December 24, 1936; testatrix died October 3, the will was admitted to probate November 22, proof of heirship was made October 14, all in 1940; the complaint was filed April 10, 1941; the decree entered July 22, 1941.

The will consists of nineteen numbered and two unnumbered paragraphs. Construction is asked of the 16th. It is: “I give, devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, and wheresoever situated, to my brother, James W.…