MATTER OF WISE


37 Misc.2d 403 (1962)

In the Matter of The Estate of Herbert A. Wise, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

October 9, 1962


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaffa & Silverman (Horace S. Manges, John M. Lewis and Philip T. Temple of counsel), for Lyman Stansky, petitioner. Weil, Gotshal & Manges (David I. Silverman of counsel), for Bennett A. Cerf, petitioner. Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler (Samuel L. Brazil and Gerald Moss of counsel), for Sue Bayer and others, respondents. Root, Barrett, Cohen, Knapp & Smith for Glen Boles, respondent. Ludwig Teller, as special guardian for Christopher Cerf and another, infants, respondent.


JOSEPH A. COX, S.

This is a proceeding instituted solely for the purpose of obtaining a construction of the will (cf. Matter of Mills, 272 App. Div. 229, 234 et seq.). The testator left all of his personal effects to a friend and directed the division of his residuary estate into two equal parts. The first of these, described as Part A, he divided into fifty shares which were left to designated individuals in specified multiples. The second...

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