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KNUPP v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 89-742.

578 A.2d 702 (1990)

Richard L. KNUPP, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 27, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Espy, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Susan S. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court construing a will. The problem at issue is that the will's sixth paragraph states that the residual estate is to pass to the person specified in the eighth paragraph of the will, but the eighth paragraph does not name a residual legatee. Appellant explains that the inconsistency is a result of an error on the part of the attorney who drafted the will: that although the testator allegedly...

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