Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of McKendrie

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 5, 1934PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, S.

The decedent, Mary Alice McKendrie, an elderly woman, died, without children or descendants, on October 12, 1933, leaving a holographic will, dated January 15, 1926, written on a printed will form, which, without the printed words, reads as follows: “ I give devise and bequeath to Thomas Tate one half of the cash money I leave, the other half to be equally divided between Mary Alice De Forest, my niece, and Paul C. Taylor, Jr., my nephew. One grave to Mrs. Josephine Housman and two to Ella Ivers in my plot in Fairview Cemetery. All my personal effects, such as clothing & so forth I…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of GoldmarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  2. In re Estate of MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
  3. In Re the Estate of SchrieverNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  4. Smith v. . BurchNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  5. American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co. v. New York Rys. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1921

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hunsinger v. LandgrenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  2. Flower v. DortCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. In re the Estate of FeistNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
  4. Lane v. RaileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
  5. Wittpen v. WittpenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960

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