Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I.) Forty years later, when his granddaughter stands up for the rights of Hindu nationals to protest at the college her grandfather founded, she jeopardizes funding for the college itself and sets herself against her own uncle, president of the institution's trustees (Act II.) Ultimately, she defies her family's wishes, and as a consequence is bound for prison herself (Act III.)

Persons or organizations who receive property from someone who dies.

Persons or organizations who receive property from a will.