Overton v. Wilson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Arline A. Wilson, from part of a judgment of the : Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 2d day of January, 1913, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
The determination of this case involves the construction of the will of Charles Wilson. Charles Wilson died October 29, 1882. He left a widow, Lucy J. Wilson, who died April 2, 1886. He left two children, a son, James E. Wilson, and a daughter, Kate Cornell Wilsón. At the date of testator’s death James E. Wilson, his son, was married to the defendant Arline A. Wilson, and' he had living one son, Charles E. Wilson, at that time about eight years old. He never had any other children. Charles E. Wilson died on April 12, 1894, at which time he was not quite twenty years of age. He died…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Teed v. . MortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Staples v. MeadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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