In re the Estate of Hartfield

Wingate, S.

The question of testamentary construction here raised concerns certain portions of the residuary directions of the will of this decedent, which was admitted to probate on July 17, 1925.

By the “ twenty-third ” item of the will the testator devised and bequeathed the entire rest, residue and remainder of his property to his executors in trust, directing them in subparagraph 'j_b ” *216to pay an annual income of $5,000 to Norman Pendlebury until he attained the age of thirty-five years, at which time one-fourth of the principal of the residuary estate was to be paid over to him. Certain…