Re: comma question

Subject: Re: comma question
From: "Karen L. Zorn" <klzorn -at- zorntech -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 13:53:48 -0700


There's the infamous legal example....

A will states: "monies to be split equally between Sally, Tom and Dick." The
probate court states that there are two entities: Sally, Tom and Dick.
Therfore, the money is split 50/50: Sally 50%, Tom and Dick 50% (equaling
25%).

If it had been stated: "monies to be split equally between Sally, Tom, and
Dick" the probate court would have distributed the funds 33.33% each, as all
are expressed as single entities.

Since the document was a will in probate, the author was not available to
clarify the intent.

Karen Zorn
Zorn Technologies, Inc.
Mesa, AZ



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