Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Vadney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 20, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtMercure, J.
Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Albany County (Marinelli, S.), entered June 16, 1992, which dismissed petitioner’s application to construe a deed.
The facts are largely uncontested. On June 13, 1985, Catherine H. Vadney (hereinafter decedent) executed a deed conveying her property at 17 Bohl Avenue in the City of Albany to herself and her son, petitioner (Peter J. Vadney), without using words of survivorship; the grantees were merely designated as “Catherine Vadney * * * and Peter J. Vadney”. On the same day, she executed her last will and testament which, inter alia,…
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