In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of Seif

Manning, J.:

The testatrix, Sybilla M. Seif, died a resident of Queens county on or about May 19, 1923, leaving a holographic will, executed May 22, 1922, which was duly admitted to probate and a decree entered thereon. Subsequently on January 24, 1924, a petition was filed by the appellant John Kursteiner, a cousin and the divorced husband of the testatrix, and sole next of kin, for a judicial construction of the will in certain respects, and proceedings were had thereunder, resulting in the decision and decree appealed from, construing clauses 4, 5 and 6 of the will.

The will was written by…