In re the Estate of Ragone
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION of the court
Silverman, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, dated September 25,1981, determining that respondent widow Josephine Ragone is the sole distributee of the testator Joseph A. Ragone, and is entitled to his entire estate after payment of the preresiduary legacies and bequests of personal property provided for in the will.
*458The issue is one of construction of the will: whether the widow shall receive the entire estate after preresiduary legacies and bequests of personal property, or whether she should receive only her elective share in…
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- Williams v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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