In re the Construction of the Will of Kordes

Savarese, S.

This is a proceeding to construe a will to determine whether certain jewelry was specifically bequeathed or whether it forms part of the residuary estate. The jewelry consists of two diamond earrings, a diamond brooch, two diamond rings, and a diamond bracelet, collectively valued at between $1,000 and $1,500, Paragraph twenty-eighth of the will reads as follows: “ I give and bequeath to my executors all the household effects and all my personal effects contained in my home at Hollis, N. Y., and it is my wish that they distribute them according to a certain memorandum which I…