New York Court of Appeals

Harvey A. Dwight, Appellants v. Bertram H. Fancher, as Executors of Emily A. Watson, Deceased, Et…

March 29, 1927245 N.Y. 71

Summary

The Court affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that extrinsic evidence cannot be used to contradict the clear language of a will and that parol evidence is inadmissible to show the testatrix did not mean her expressed words. The Court also declined to decide the competency of the attorney who drafted the will.