MATTER OF DE LANO


41 A.D.2d 880 (1973)

In the Matter of the Probate of The Will of Florence M. De Lano, Deceased. Ultimate Beneficiaries of Charitable Disposition, Appellants; Frederick G. Bascom et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 26, 1973


On December 28, 1959 Nora B. DeLano and Florence M. DeLano, unmarried sisters, executed separate wills which were identical except for one paragraph that bequeathed, reciprocally, the entire estate to the surviving sister, absolutely. Subsequent to the death of one sister in 1963, the surviving sister made several changes in her last will and this instrument became the subject of a will contest when offered for probate. The first of 25 issues framed for trial, the subject...

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