TRAYNOR, J.
Lewis Warren Smith died on May 28, 1945, leaving a holographic will dated April 7, 1942. By his will he bequeathed "to my wife the sum of Five Dollars" and $500 to the widows' and orphans' fund of a lodge of Masons, and left the residue of his estate to the Branford Baptist Church of Connecticut.
Amy Edith Smith, respondent, filed a claim against the estate alleging that she is the widow of the testator. She claims that she is entitled to two-thirds...
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