Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Breder
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 16, 1980PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward M. Horey, S.
The will in question contains eight typewritten para*445graphs and one printed one. A codicil contains two paragraphs effecting changes to the will. This court finds it unique not only that the provisions of every paragraph of the will and the codicil require construction, but also the fact that as drafted, the construction reached for succeeding paragraphs is made dependent on the construction arrived at in preceding provisions. As a consequence, the problems involved are discussed in this construction proceeding in the numerical order in which they are…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- In re the Last Will & Testament of BarneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- In Re the Will of BarneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- In re GardnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- In Re the Accounting of TuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
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