Fairchild v. . Edson Edson v. . Bartow
New York Court of Appeals
The first case of Fawehild et al. v. Fdson et al. involves appeals from two orders and two judgments of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered respectively July 6, December 7, July 31, and December 24, 1894. The action is brought by the executors of Mary A. Edson at the request of Marmont B. Edson, her brother and sole heir at law and next of ldn, for a construction of Mrs. Edson’s will and to determine the validity of certain clauses…
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The first case of Fawehild et al. v. Fdson et al. involves appeals from two orders and two judgments of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered respectively July 6, December 7, July 31, and December 24, 1894. The action is brought by the executors of Mary A. Edson at the request of Marmont B. Edson, her brother and sole heir at law and next of ldn, for a construction of Mrs. Edson’s will and to determine the validity of certain clauses thereof and the second codicil thereto. Marmont Edson died during the pendency of the suit and it was revived in favor…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
It has been deemed advisable to consider in one opinion the two cases presented by these appeals, although they were- argued separately and involved very different questions.
The first action was brought by the executors of the will of Mary A. Edson, deceased, for the purpose of obtaining a judgment construing and determining the validity of certain provisions of her will and second codicil.
The court below held, upon the face of the will, the final residuary clause valid which bequeathed to the persons named as executors, personally and absolutely and without limitation or restriction, any…
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