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IN RE ESTATE OF THORNTON

169 N.J. Super. 360 (1979)

404 A.2d 1222

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MAUDE F. THORNTON, DECEASED.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Durand, Twombly & Imbriaco, attorneys for appellant The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Messrs. Joseph E. Imbriaco and Charles J. Hayden, of counsel; Mr. Imbriaco on the brief).

Mr. Charles C. Collins, Jr., attorney for respondent Village of Ridgewood.

Before Judges LYNCH, CRANE and HORN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LYNCH, P.J.A.D. (retired; temporarily assigned on recall).

This case involves the construction of the last will and testament of Maude F. Thornton who was a resident of the Village of Ridgewood (village) at the time of her death on October 5, 1969.

The second codicil of testatrix' will which gives rise to this controversy reads, so far as pertinent:

THIRTEENTH: I direct that my real property located at 174...

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