Rotelli v. Jackvony

This civil action for the construction of a will was tried before a Superior Court justice sitting without a jury and it is now here on the defendants’ appeal.

Because the transcript of the trial proceedings consists primarily of testimony relating to the testator’s disposi-tive intentions, the pertinent facts are drawn principally from the complaint and the briefs of the parties. They disclose that Antonio F. Rotelli (hereinafter “testator”) died on August 12, 1968, and that his will was admitted to probate on October 7 of that year. The will provision requiring construction is the article…