Legal Opinion

In re Conner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by Henrietta J. Conner and others, individually and as executors, etc., of James M. Conner, deceased, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of December, 1887, as construes the last will and testament of James M. Conner, deceased.

1Opinion of the Court

Van Brunt, P. J.:

James M. Conner, the testator, died on the 14th of July, 1887, leaving a last will and testament executed on the 22d of March, 1887. Charles S. Conner and Benjamin F. Conner, two of the executors named in the will, offered the same for prohate. A special guardian was appointed for .certain of the testator’s children, who were infants, and a construction of the will was asked for. Thereupon such proceedings were had that the surrogate construed the will, holding that the estate of the decedent was left in equal shares to the decedent’s wife and his six children. Thereafter a…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of SteinerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  2. In re the Estate of GottfriedNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
  3. in the Matter of the Accounting of CorliesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
  4. Everett School Dist. No. 24, Snohomish County v. PearsonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1918
  5. In re the Estate of WeinsteinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1981

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