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STARKEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 11288.

377 A.2d 382 (1977)

Lucille STARKEY et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan L. Silberberg, Arlington, Va., with whom Howard B. Silberberg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, E. Calvin Golumbic, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, and Nancy R. Dorsch, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and KERN, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

We review here the probate court's construction of the will of Paul Prentice, deceased. The document itself is simple. In the body of the will the testator left a watch and a ring to his "nephew."1 He disposed of the rest of the estate as follows:

3. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal, wheresoever situate, I devise and bequeath to my sister-in-law, . . . my niece, . . ....

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