Travis v. Travis

This is an action to construe the will of Ernest Trávis. *243The sole issue is whether an inter vivos cancellation of certain indebtedness from one son during.the lifetime of the testator should be accounted for and included in the division and distribution of the decedent’s estate. The district court construed the will to require accounting for the indebtedness of $15,000 in the dis:tribution of the property of the estate. The debtor son has appealed. We reverse the judgment of the district court.

Ernest Travis executed a will on September 19, 1966, while in the hospital, and died less than 4…