In re the Will of Stern

Delehanty, S.

Deceased while single made a will under which his mother was his sole beneficiary. . Thereafter he married. Sometime later he talked with a college mate, a lawyer, about making a new will. Eventually the latter drew a will substituting the name of deceased’s wife as beneficiary instead of his mother. The draftsman reports that deceased at the time of the discussion of the new will said that his wife was pregnant and ,that he expected her to give birth to a child in the fall. The lawyer friend suggested some reference to children in the will but deceased said he did not want “ any…