In re the Estate of Boyd

OPINION OF THE COURT

C. Raymond Radigan, J.

This proceeding was commenced by the executor, Bank of New York, for a construction of article third of decedent’s will. That portion of article third upon which construction is sought reads as follows: "If my wife gloria palatsky boyd survives me, I give to my trustee an amount, if any, equal to the elective share which my wife would, except for this paragraph (A), be entitled to elect to take as my surviving spouse under the laws of the State of New York in effect at the time of my death, less the value of any property passing to her as a…