MATTER OF BUTLER v. MANDER


159 A.D.2d 379 (1990)

In the Matter of William J. Butler, as Executor of William R. Carlisle, Deceased, Appellant, v. Theodore Mander et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 22, 1990


The decedent William R. Carlisle and petitioner William J. Butler, both attorneys, were friends and professional colleagues for well over 20 years. Petitioner drafted decedent's will which provided, as amended by codicil dated January 10, 1983, the following as here pertinent: "SECOND: (a) I give and bequeath to my friend and attorney, WILLIAM J. BUTLER, who I have named as my Executor in paragraph `FOURTH' of this, my Last Will and Testament, the sum...

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