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MATTER OF WEISNER v. GINSBERG

6847, 3783/J91.

162 A.D.3d 485 (2018)

80 N.Y.S.3d 5

2018 NY Slip Op 04289

In the Matter of Harrison J. Weisner, Appellant, v. Melvin Ginsberg et al., Respondents.

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

Decided June 12, 2018.

A will construction proceeding primarily seeks to ascertain and give effect to the testator's intent. The words used to express that intent are to be given their ordinary and natural meaning (see Matter of Singer, 13 N.Y.3d 447, 451 [2009]; Matter of Gustafson, 74 N.Y.2d 448, 451 [1989]). Such intent is to be gleaned from "a sympathetic reading of the will as an entirety and in view of all...

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