Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of Briggs
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 15, 1917PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Proceeding for construction of a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Ostrander, S.
Petitioner prays judicial construction of the will and codicil of Alice Hall Briggs, *193deceased. The will is dated December 18, 1911, and the codicil June 7, 1915. Testatrix died November 25, 1916.
The will directs payment of debts, provides for care of her cemetery lot, leaves to her mother, if she survive testatrix, the life use of her homestead with its furnishings, and gives the fee to her husband at her death, or in case her mother does not survive her.
By the 4th clause she gave the rest of her property to trustees to keep invested and pay the net income to her mother quarterly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Van Horne v. . CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In Re the Appeal From the Assessment of Taxes Upon the Legatees, Under the Will of CagerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In Re the Accounting of WilkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Stafford v. WashburnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Stafford v. . WashburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
3Cited by19 opinions
- In re MatthewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Estate of Ralph G. May, Mildred K. May v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- In re the Estate of GatehouseNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of JohnsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
- Vincent v. PutnamNew York Supreme Court · 1926
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