In re the Estate of Trombe

Lawrence E. Kahn, S.

The purpose of this proceeding is to construe paragraph Second of the will of Frederick Trombe, to determine what interest the petitioner Dorothy Trombe, the surviving spouse, receives in real property located at 3 Arcadia Avenue, Albany, New York.

Decedent executed his will on October 2, 1956. At that time decedent owned a fee interest in real property located at 3 Arcadia Avenue in Albany, New York. In paragraph Second of his will, he devised this property as follows: ”1 give, devise and bequeath to my mother, Edna Trombe, for and during the remainder of her natural life,…