Court of Appeals of Minnesota February 13, 2001, C4-00-1172 (In Re Estate of Cole)

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge

The will of decedent Ruth N. Cole states a bequest to her friend, appellant Veta J. Vining, in “the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($25,000).” Appellant disputes the trial court’s determination to consider testimony of the will’s scrivener that explains the contradictory language of the will. We affirm.

FACTS

Ruth N.