Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of Sievert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 23, 1935PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
We are called upon to construe the last will and testament of Ferdinand C. F. Sievert, late of the village of Fredonia, N. Y.
After directing the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, the testator disposed of his property in the following language: “ I give bequeave and devise all the residuue of my real and personal estate of whatever nature to my only son Ferdinand Sievert, Jr. and his wife Dorathea Vantine Sievert, jointly, during their natural life. In case of death to either one of them it shall revert to the one living, or so much there of as remains unexpended. If there are no…
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