Griffin v. Gould

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Harold Gould (defendant) appeals a finding that certain statues passed under the residuary clause of a will. He contends that the trial court erred (1) in holding that article one of the will, disposing of “house furniture and furnishings and articles of household or personal use or ornament of all kinds” was unambiguous and did not operate to pass the statues; and (2) in ruling that extrinsic evidence could not be considered to clarify the testator’s intention.

Plaintiff’s, co-executors of the estate of Benjamin J. Kulp…