MATTER OF LANZA


307 A.D.2d 265 (2003)

762 N.Y.S.2d 262

In the Matter of the Estate of JOSEPH LANZA, Deceased. JOHN PASCALE, Respondent; ROBERT E. RUGGERI et al., Appellants; VINCENT H. PASCALE, JR., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided July 7, 2003.


Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellants personally.

The Surrogate's Court correctly construed the language of the testamentary trust established in Article Fourth of Joseph Lanza's will to include the named beneficiaries and their families and no others.

When read in its entirety (see Matter of Carmer, 71 N.Y.2d 781, 785 [1988]; Matter...

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