Show I ILOSE STEPDAUGHTERS LOSE WILL FIGHT Contest for Conklin Fortune Hinged on the Construction of a Phrase NEW YORK Jan 31 Mrs Cornelius I. I Zabriskie and Miss Fannie De Wolf Conklin of Hackensack N N. J. J stepdaughters stepdaughters stepdaughters step step- stepI I daughters of the late Mrs Peter L. L Conklin of that place have met defeat in their cont- cont contest st to gain possession of Mrs Conklin's residuary estate valued at The contest hinged on the construction of a phrase and involved the he Interchangeability of ot two words A section of the will gave all the rest residue and remainder of my es estate estate estate es- es tate etc unto my dear husband Peter Peter Pe Pe- ter L. L Conklin to have and to hold the same unto him and his heirs etc Vice-Chancellor Vice Stevenson decided the residuary clause was Inoperative The words and his heirs he held did not carry the residuary estate to next of kin where the legatee dies before the testator He said if it the word or had been used in place of and the result would have been the reverse |