| Show A SINGULAR WILL CASE A CASE which wa believe is without a parallel in the courts couts has been argued before judge judg swayne U S circuit judge at Washington wash ing ton DO DC about fifty years ago ex governor mcarthur died in oho leaving a will which devised his estate worth a very avery large amount to his entire family but not to be divided until the youngest grandchild should reach majority the tho difficulty is that the will does doea not whether by tha the specify child is meant the younge si living when the will wiil was wal madei madej made or at tile the lub time ome of the decease de gease dease of the testa of the testa tor or any that tint might inight be born subsequently the executors ra appointed would not at wrt and a trustee was selected by the county court to take charge of the property grandchildren have increased in dumbers cumbers greatly great fy since theeb the ax G overn ors orb death au uila d now no w rome some of the heirs are very for the distribution of the estate esta tC but some of the posthumous grandchildren who are yet in their minority protest against the settlement until they are of age so 80 a law suit is the consequence consequences and the tho case has hag been fought with some of the ablest lawyer in ohio on either side going up from court lo 10 court and will finally land in the sup ren nen reme neme 0 court of the united states ewhen any one makes a will care should be taken to t 0 express exp eap ress the exact wishes of the t he testator but perhaps it Is ina iva impossible p possible to dictate a legal document which lawyers whose living depends on 0 n strife fe litigation Jil ill gation gatlon and word wresting could not construe jn jin various ways and invest with at least a double moan wg the office of executor ia Is always an unthankful one and no loo how he may strive to carry out the instructions of the testator hais he is almost sure cure to meet with ingratitude and the opposition of bome some one i interested in the estate this tris is 1 s the lawyers and fat fees wait for or legal fi ligers in almost every last will and testament nt that is penned happy aad aud wise arb are those heim heio ha efre eire legatees lega tees devisees devi sees and beneficiaries who their own differences among themselves |
