SHOYER, J., December 5, 1952.
Willard E. Ritter died a widower leaving his daughter, an only child, and 10 first cousins to survive him as heirs and next of kin. His will, dated February 26, 1926, was written in a verbose, stilted style and apparently by his own hand. In the fourth paragraph he required 112 words to give his daughter, Evelyn Lenore Ritter, a legacy of $500 "no more and no less as her share in my Estate." In the same identical language, the fifth paragraph...
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