Landstrom v. Krettler

Petitioner Lawrence Landstrom, executor and contingent residuary beneficiary of the estate of Ellen Setterfield, appeals from the trial court’s order awarding decedent’s silverware to Jane Krettler, a named beneficiary under the decedent’s will. The trial court interpreted the bequest to Krettler of “personal effects, jewelry and furniture” to include decedent’s silverware, despite the fact that no specific bequest of “silverware” was set forth in any provision of the will. Landstrom contends the trial court erred in its interpretation, and he claims the trial court’s ruling is both lacking…