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first $100,000, 4% of the next $200,000, 3%
of the next $700,000, and 2�% of the next of
the next $4 million, and 2% thereafter.
B. The Executor will see that “Jo”, if
she survives me, receives interest and
dividend income sufficient to her needs.
C. If an emergency requires “Jo” to
have some of the assets in the Trust, the
Executor will allot such funds as he
determines “Jo” needs.
D. Upon “Jo’s” death, if she survives
me, all the estate shall go to Barney Peter
Aronson as described above.
E. In my personal effects are “Chuck
Aronson’s Journals” which the Executor will
keep safe and secure in perpetutity, [sic] to
be used as seen fit, but in no way destroyed.
On May 18, 1993, Mr. Newman wrote a letter to decedent. Mr.
Newman wrote: “I have received your letter to me dated May 12th
and have redrawn your wills per your request, copies of which I
have enclosed. Please advise if they are satisfactory with you.”
On May 20, 1993, decedent wrote a letter to Mr. Newman.
Decedent pointed out a few typographical errors in the new draft
of his will and instructed Mr. Newman to correct them. The new
will otherwise looked fine to decedent, but decedent noted that
he was not an expert about estates and the law; for that he
depended on Mr. Newman. Decedent continued: “I am satisfied
with the Wills (after the typos are corrected) and if you, too,
are satisfied these Wills will go through Probate and all with no
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