V.J. BRENNAN, J.
Petitioner appeals as of right the probate court's decision denying his claim to certain real estate as named beneficiary of a will.
On July 27, 1974, Chester A. Crawford and Lucy Jane Crawford, husband and wife, jointly executed a will naming petitioner, Shadrach Hare, beneficiary of the survivor of them. Three pertinent paragraphs of the will provided as follows:
"SECOND:
"We give, devise and bequeath to each other...
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