JAMES, J.
The single issue raised in this appeal presents a "hornbook" question of elementary contract law. What is the legal effect of a "condition" which is an event within the control of a party who seeks to avoid the contract?
The parties to the contract are the heirs of Claude Hollingsworth, deceased. Proponent, Howard Hollingsworth, is the named executor of Claude Hollingsworth's purported last will. Contestants, J.Y. Hollingsworth, Max Hollingsworth...
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