Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Richards
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 12, 1934PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Baker, S.
This is an application for construction of certain portions of the will of Charles B. Richards, deceased, made in connection with a petition for the judicial settlement of the accounts of the City National Bank of Binghamton as substituted trustee.
The office of the court in any proceeding for testamentary construction is twofold, as was pointed out in Matter of Costello (147 Misc. 629). It is a trite truism that the primary object in the construction of a will is to ascertain the intention of testator, and when this has been determined the court must adjudicate the legal effect and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Matter of DurandNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Warner v. . DurantNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Clark v. . CammannNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In re the Construction of the Will of StephanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1950
- In re the Estate of LibermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957
- Martin v. Palmer, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999
- In re the Construction of the Will of WatsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- In re the Estate of SnellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
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