Article Archives >> Lead Stories >> February 1-29, 2008

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Letters Do Not Make
Binding Contract for Gift in Will
Charity loses $1 million gift when donor
changes will five days before death

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Doris Weingarten’s lawyer advised the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1994 that she was making a very substantial bequest to the Institute, provided that it agreed to establish a perpetual fund in the name of her and her husband and use income only for scientific research.  The Institute promptly agreed.

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