QUIRICO, J.
This is an appeal from a Probate Court judgment determining the rights of the beneficiaries under the will of Warren T. Elliot (testator). The appeal challenges the judge's conclusion that by virtue of G.L.c. 191, § 2, a legacy or devise to the spouse of a necessary subscribing witness is void. We granted direct appellate review. G.L.c. 211A, § 10 (A).
The testator executed a will in 1972, leaving all his property in equal shares to his...
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