BAKER, Judge.
"Wills and the construction of them do more perplex a man than any other learning," mused the venerable Lord Coke in Roberts v. Roberts, 2 Bulstr. 124, 130, 80 Eng.Rep. 1002, 1008. Unfortunately, his observation still rings true today, as the pitched legal battle currently confronting us proves.
The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the following sentence from the will of Ida W. Stratton is precatory or imperative: "It is my...
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