As we read this will, it seems clear that the testator intended what he said when he directed that the remainder of the Harriet trust be distributed "equally among all my grandchildren then living". This will was made in 1892 and a codicil in 1898. It is reasonable to suppose that the testator employed the term "grandchildren" to designate a class as it was then understood, which he limited to those "then...
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