What is the meaning of a clause in a testamentary statement in a will?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jankowski v. Pelek Estate, 1995 CanLII 11066 (MB CA):
In Connell v. Connell, the clause read that the residue "'should be placed in the hands of my executors hereinafter named and to be disposed of by them as they might think proper'".
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