CORRIGAN, J.
The point of decision in this appeal rests upon the interpretation of the language of the 1930 trust instrument providing that at the death of each daughter a one-fourth portion of the corpus was to be paid to the "child or children * * * surviving the daughter then dying."
Appellant contends that, in the absence of an intent to the contrary, a settlor must be presumed to have intended to include an adopted child within a class gift to the "child...
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