In re the Estate of Dudley

Wingate, S.

The stipulated facts relating to the question of interpretation herein propounded, in so far as the court deems them pertinent to a decision, are as follows: The testator at the time of the execution of the will was a practicing lawyer, maintaining offices for that purpose both in the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn in the city of New York. He was, at that time, unmarried, and of the age of approximately sixty years. The will was drawn by him in his own hand and executed at his Brooklyn law office. His nearest blood relatives were his sister, Charlotte, his nieces, Frances and…