Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of Will of Stever
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 24, 1948PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBbewstee, J.
The administrator of one of the distributees of the testatrix appeals from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court which construed certain provisions of the will. The testatrix was elderly. She lived alone. She was not a lawyer. Her will was holographic. Its admission to probate was affirmed upon a former appeal to this court, wherein its validity had been challenged because it was written upon separate and unattached sheets of paper. (Matter of Stever, 268 App. Div. 559.)
The provisions which have been construed are among those which comprise the ending of its disposing part, and are as follows:
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Post v. . HoverNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Bradhurst v. . FieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Close v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- In Re Proving the Last Will & Testament of VowersNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In Re the Accounting of ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Davis v. ShanksTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- In re the Construction of the Will of FalveyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
- In re the Construction of the Will of FalveyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961