Topic : Legal Briefs: Will of John Doe

Topic 2: Will of John Doe: Legal Briefs

WILL OF JEROME J. GARCIA (Will of Jerome Garcia) (TITLE)

I, JOSEPH P. DIMAGGIO, of the City of Hollywood, County of Broward and State of Florida, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.(Will of Joe DiMaggio) (Preamble)

FIRST: I revoke all wills and codicils that I have previously made. (Will of David Packard) (REVOCATORY CLAUSE)

SECOND: I direct my Executor, hereinafter named, to pay all of my just debts, funeral expenses and testamentary charges as soon after my death as can conveniently be done. (Will of Marilyn Monroe) (DEBTS CLAUSE).

THIRD: I give and bequeath to BERNICE MIRACLE, should she survive me, the sum of $10,000.00. I give and bequeath to MAY REIS, should she survive me, the sum of $10,000.00. I give and bequeath to NORMAN and HEDDA ROSTEN, or to the survivor of them, or if they should both predecease me, then to their daughter, PATRICIA ROSTEN, the sum of $5,000.00, it being my wish that such sum be used for the education of PATRICIA ROSTEN (Will of Marilyn Monroe) (GENERAL DISPOSITION).

FOURTH: My "residuary estate" is the balance of my estate, whether real or personal,...

My residuary estate shall be disposed of as provided in this Article.

(A) If my wife, LEONA M. HELMSLEY, survives me, I give my residuary estate to her (Will of Harry Helmsley) (RESIDUARY DISPOSITION).

(B) If my wife does not survive me, I give my residuary estate to the trustees of THE HARRY AND LEONA HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, and I direct the trustees of THE HARRY AND LEONA HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST to add the same to the principal of THE HARRY AND LEONA HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST and dispose of the same for charitable purposes (Will of Harry Helmsley) (RESIDUARY DISPOSITION).

(C) I give to the Trustee hereinafter named, IN TRUST, for the benefit of my younger daughters, my estate for each, to be held, administered and distributed as a separate trust for each child as follows:

A. So long as my child is living and is under age twenty-one (21), the Trustee shall pay to or...

…without apportionment, from the principal of my residuary estate. (Will of Richard Nixon) (TAX CLAUSE).

WITNESS: I, DORIS DUKE, the testatrix, sign my name to this instrument this 5th day of April, 1993, and being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute this instrument as my Last Will and Testament, and that I sign it willingly, that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am 18 years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. (Will of Doris Duke) (TESTAMONIUM CLAUSE) .Doris Duke (Seal)

The foregoing instrument was by DAVID PACKARD, the maker thereof, signed in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and at the time of his subscribing said instrument he declared to us and to each of us that it was his will, and at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other we hereto subscribe our names as witnesses thereto, all on the date last above written (Will of David Packard) (ATTESTATION CLAUSE).

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