Supreme Judicial Court of Maine September 10, 1908 (Fairbanks)

King, J.

Lydia H. Ruggles devised and bequeathed the residue of her estate in the following language :

"All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate I give, devise and bequeath to my heirs and the heirs of my late husband, Hiram Ruggles, those standing in the same degree of l'elationship either to myself of said Hiram to share alike according to the laws of descent in this State.