Questione giuridica chiave
How should the 1983 holographic will be interpreted regarding the shares of the surviving spouse and descendants?
Decisione estratta
The wording 'to be divided equally' meant one equal share each for the widow and the three sons; the surviving spouse was therefore entitled to one quarter.
Motivazione estratta
The decisive criterion is the testator's actual intent. The wording was clear, and the court saw no basis to replace it with a law-based reading or to assume the testator intended to track later statutory changes.