HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, construing the will of John E. Hurst, upon petition of the Mercantile Trust Co., trustee.
John E. Hurst died on January 6, 1904, leaving a will which was duly admitted to probate. Item 14 of his will reads as follows:
"All the rest and residue of my estate and property of whatever kind and wherever situated, of which I may die seized...
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