In Re Estate of Clarke

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• bequest to named grandchildren did not exclude after-born grandchildren where will contained no indication of intent to discriminate
• bequest to named grandchildren did not exclude after-born grandchildren where will contained no indication of intent to discriminate
• canon of construction employed where Court concluded that bequest to specifically named grandchildren did not clearly demonstrate intent of testator to exclude grandchild born after testator’s death
• “when the language of a will is amenable to more than one interpretation, ‘the law favors a construction which will work equality of distribution among those standing in the same relation to the testator’ ”

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