In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Hoffman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the contestants, Rosalie A. Avery and others, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court, on the 29th day of April, 1910, admitting to probate the will of Charles Ferdinand Hoffman, deceased, and a codicil thereto, and construing the provisions thereof. The opinions of the surrogate are reported in Matter of Hoffman (65 Mise. Rep. 126 ; 67 id. 334).
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
Charles Ferdinand Hoffman died in the borough of Brooklyn on April 9, 1909, leaving a last will and testament, which has been admitted to probate, and the questions arising on this appeal go to the validity of the will, and to the proper construction thereof, if the same is held to be valid. Like most of our troubles in this life, the alleged defects in this will are only to be found by those who are looking for them; they have no tangible existence, so far as we have been able to discover. We are to look to the language of the will, and we are to gather its intention from that…
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