IN RE ESTATE OF WALKER

No. 91-0728.

609 So.2d 623 (1992)

In re ESTATE OF Margaret WALKER.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Allen and Alfred I. Hopkins, Wallace, Engels, Pertnoy, Solowsky & Allen, P.A., Miami, for appellants Walter Martin and Norean Martin.

Brian M. O'Connell, Boose Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens McBane & O'Connell, Larry Klein, Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee Robert B. Reed.

William R. Merkle, Merkle, Bright & Sullivan, P.A., Delray Beach, for appellee First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach.

Larry Klein, Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

STONE, Judge.

By our initial opinion in this case, the court essentially determined that a specific bequest of "all of my personal property," in the absence of other descriptive, limiting, or modifying words, is not ambiguous. As a result, we determined that the trial court erred by considering extrinsic evidence of the testator's intent, notwithstanding a residuary provision leaving...

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