Incidental to this probate proceeding, the petitioner seeks a construction of the terms of the will, drawn by a layman.
It would be inappropriate to subject this hastily and haphazardly written instrument to a minute examination placing undue emphasis or significance on punctuation and paragraphing (cf. Eidt v. Eidt, 203 N.Y. 325, 328; see 7 Heaton on Surrogates' Courts [5th ed.], § 405).
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