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MATTER OF BRUCE

6751, 2579A/13.

161 A.D.3d 712 (2018)

2018 NY Slip Op 03921

In the Matter of the Will of Louise Este Bruce, Deceased. Richard J. Bowler, Respondent, v. Ellen T. Benoit et al., Appellants, and Eric T. Schneiderman, Respondent, et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 31, 2018.

A testator's intent is to be gleaned from "a sympathetic reading of the will as an entirety and in view of all the facts and circumstances under which the provisions of the will were framed" (Matter of Fabbri, 2 N.Y.2d 236, 240 [1957]). If a dominant plan of distribution is evident, the various provisions must be interpreted in light of that purpose (see Matter of Larkin, 9 N.Y.2d 88, 91...

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