In re the Estate of Alexander

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate, and the decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Monroe County, construing decedent’s will reinstated.

Decedent was survived by three children, a son from a marriage that ended in divorce and two daughters from a second marriage. Within 10 separate provisions of his will, decedent disposed of his property and provided for administration of his estate making specific grants in express, particular, and consistent…