In re the Estate of Hofmann
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rubin, J.
Petitioner-appellant Chadbourne & Parke, L. L. P., represented the proponents of a 1988 will and codicil executed by decedent, which named the German Catholic Church as principal beneficiary. The will was challenged by Robert Warshaw and Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., the executors of a prior will executed in 1972. After extensive litigation, the parties entered into a broad settlement agreement, pursuant to which the church received $3,000,000 together with a half-interest in a trust comprising the residuary estate. These terms were incorporated into a decree…
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