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MATTER OF COFFED

46 N.Y.2d 514 (1979)

In the Matter of The Estate of Earl J. Coffed, Jr., Deceased. David E. Coffed, Appellant; Edwin Waley, Jr., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Le Blanc for appellant.

Leonard W. M. Zingler for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Chief Judge COOKE.

Chief Judge COOKE.

Presented for review is the question whether a "reciprocal" will is revoked by a general release which discharges the testator's contractual obligation to execute such a will. An ancillary issue concerns whether a testamentary disposition may be impliedly abrogated by a document which does not comply with the formalities prescribed by EPTL 3-4.1.

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