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IN RE ESTATE OF PISTOR

30 N.J. 589 (1959)

154 A.2d 721

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY M.F. PISTOR, DECEASED (TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF PAULINE SAINSBURY ET AL.).

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 13, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rodman C. Herman argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. Parnell J.T. Callahan, of the New York bar, on the brief).

Mr. Coleman Burke argued the cause for the respondent Wayne Sainsbury Rae (Messrs. Bourne, Schmid, Burke and Noll, attorneys).

Mr. Maurice Levinthal argued the cause for the respondent John S. Sainsbury, Jr. (Messrs. Ward & Levinthal, attorneys).

Mr. William C. Connelly argued the cause for the plaintiff-respondent (Messrs. Riker, Danzig & Marsh, attorneys; Mr. Edward J. Brown, on the brief).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed for the reasons expressed in the opinion of Judge Goldmann in the court below.

FRANCIS, J. (dissenting).

In order to interpret the particular testamentary expression involved in this proceeding, it is necessary to consider a will drawn in 1887 and a codicil made in 1893. Thereafter three additional codicils were executed, one three months later in 1893, and the others in...

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