Meehan v. Brennan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Josephine J. Meehan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of February, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, except so much of said judgment as directs the recovery of costs.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought to secure a construction of the will of Mary E. Brennan, who died in the city of New York on the 13th of November, 1895, having made the will in question on the day before her death.
In the.first two clauses of the will the testatrix undertakes to dispose of all the. real estate of which she was the owner. There are two classes of people whom she desired to benefit from the estate: Her' stepchildren, the children of her husband by a former wife, ■ and her own children. It was the purpose of the first two clauses of the will to carry this intention into effect.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Vanderpoel v. . LoewNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Taggart v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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- Phillips v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Stagg v. . JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
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