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BEDYK v. BANK OF DELAWARE

176 A.2d 196 (1961)

Susan W. BEDYK, Appellant, v. BANK OF DELAWARE, formerly Equitable Security Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Appellee. Ruth M. NIELSEN, Appellant, v. BANK OF DELAWARE, formerly Equitable Security Trust Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

December 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clement Wood, of Allmond & Wood, Wilmington, for appellant Susan W. Bedyk.

H. James Conaway, Jr., and Richard H. May, of Morford, Young & Conaway, Wilmington, for appellant Ruth M. Nielsen.

Victor F. Battaglia, of Theisen & Lank, Wilmington, amicus curiae, opposed.

Howard L. Williams and George C. Hering, III, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for appellee Bank of Delaware, formerly Equitable Security Trust Co.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., WOLCOTT, Justice, and TERRY, Judge, sitting.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

This case concerns the construction of the will of Daniel E. Wilson, who died December 7, 1934. Paragraph 2 of the will devises outright to his friend, Janet Miller, a house and lot on Jefferson Street in the City of Wilmington. Paragraph 3 bequeaths to Janet Miller $10,000 in cash. Paragraph 6 leaves his residuary estate in trust to pay the net income to Janet Miller for life.

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