A Peculiar Will Case

Monday Very Rev. John R. Din-
nen, executor of the will of Sarah Beg-
ley, filed a petition asking for its con-
sruction.  P. F. Roche, the St. Joseph
oprhan asylum.  Sisters of St. Francis
and other organizations are made de-
fendants. Father Dinnen has all the 
funds of the estate in his possession and
is ready to make distribution as soon
as so ordered.  Mrs. Begley was an in-
mate of St. Elizabeth hospital for some
time and bequeathed something to that
institution.  In her will she provides for
two requiem funded masses and gives 
$1000 for the purpose, the masses to
be celebrated in St. Mary's as long as
that church exists.  It is a rule of the
church that a requiem mass, celebrated
as long as the church exists, shall cost
$500.  Father Dinnen has found that 
there is not enough money in the estate
to pay all bequests and asks the court
to decide how it shall be pro rated. The
???? of the church says that any reduc-
tions ??? the $1,000 will annul the be-
quest for masses.  The executor seeks 
to learn whether the Indiana law sanc-
tions bequests for requieum masses.  If
the court holds that the bequest for
masses can not be enforced the money
will then be divided among the other 
heirs.  It is a nice law point for Judge
DeHart to decide.