In re the Estate of Kennedy

Harry G. Herman, S.

In this proceeding for a construction, the coexecutor asks the court to determine the validity, construction, and effect of dispositions of property made in articles *689‘ ‘ third ’ ’ and 1 ‘ fourth ’ ’ of the decedent’s will. Article 11 third ’ ’ reads as follows: “I devise and bequeath to my wife, helen h. Kennedy, if she survives me, an amount equal to the maximum amount of the marital deduction allowable to my estate for Federal estate tax purposes, less the total value, as finally determined for such tax purposes, of the following (but only to the extent that the following…