In Re Estate of Pistor
Supreme Court of New Jersey
1DissentFrancis, J.
In order to interpret the particular testamentary expression involved in this proceeding, it is necessary to consider a will drawn in 1887 and a codicil made in 1893. Thereafter three additional codicils were executed, one three months later in 1893, and the others *590in 1896 and 1897. Obviously, all of the instruments were prepared by an attorney or attorneys for a testatrix who was conscious of her testamentary responsibility. Unfortunately, in spite of the attention devoted to the disposition of her property, the ambiguity which must now be resolved crept into her devolutionary plan. At this…
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