First Wisconsin Trust Co. v. Bischoff

Two issues are presented on this appeal: 1. If provisions of a will are unambiguous on their face, and the document by its terms creates no potential conflict between specific beneficiaries or between specific beneficiaries and residuary legatees, does the executor have a duty to defend the estate against a claim that certain personal property *213is not part of such estate because of the effect of a prior document executed by the testatrix or testator ?

An examination of the relevant provisions of the will of Josephine C. Hoyt reveals that the intentions of the testatrix were expressed in…