IN RE BARRETT'S ESTATE

No. 34663.

100 N.W.2d 526 (1960)

169 Neb. 557

In re ESTATE of Lucy V. BARRETT, deceased. Frank R. STUCKEY and Charles S. Stuckey, Appellants, v. Hymen ROSENBERG, Ella Saul and Lebbie Blocker, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason, Knudsen, Dickeson & Berkheimer, Lincoln, for appellants.

Field & Ricketts, Ginsburg, Rosenberg & Ginsburg, Lincoln, for appellees.

Heard before CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether or not the will of Lucy V. Barrett, deceased, directs that the gifts therein made to Ella Saul and Lebbie Blocker were bestowed on them without deduction of state inheritance and federal estate taxes.

Lucy Virginia Barrett, also named in the record as Lucy V. Barrett, herein referred to as testatrix, died testate, a resident of Lancaster County on December 30, 1956, and her will and the codicil thereto...

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