Legal Opinion
In re Courtney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 12, 1924PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal by Elizabeth Courtney, as executrix, etc., from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Steuben, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 3d day of November, 1919, in so far as it holds and determines that paragraph 2d of the will of Estella S. Briglin is a valid bequest.
1Opinion of the Court
Crouch, J.:
Estella S. Briglin died on the 1st day of December, 1918, survived only by a daughter, the petitioner herein, and leaving a will, the 2d paragraph of which reads as follows:
“ Second. I bequeath the sum of $600 (six hundred dollars) to the treasurer of the First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston, Mass., the same to be held in trust and delivered to the trustees of First Church of Christ Scientist of Atlanta, N. Y., or society of the same when such church shall be established for aid in building a Christian Science church building in Atlanta, N. Y.”
This appeal involves the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ould v. Washington Hospital for FoundlingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Allen v. . StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- In Re the Probate of the Will of RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Trustees of the Sailors' Snug Harbor v. CarmodyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Franklin v. HastingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Estate of WinburnNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Kibbe v. City of RochesterDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1932
- In re the Estate of DeanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- Burgum v. Myra FoundationNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
- In re the Accounting of Rochester Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1947
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