In re the Estate of Wallerstein

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

The record in this proceeding to construe the will establishes abundant ground for the finding that the testator intended the term ‘ ‘ the surviving issue of myself and my wife ” to embrace adopted children, as well as natural children. The decedent’s conversations with his wife and son, both before and after the execution of his will, reveal his approval of the adoption of children when there are no natural children and his feeling that they are an integral part of a family. Direct statements of the testator’s intention are not competent to show that the testator used…