Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Brest
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 8, 1973Published
1Opinion of the Court
Edwabd M. Hobby, S.
The proceeding is for construction of the will of the testatrix, Bessie B. Brest, and the judicial Settlement of the accounts of her executors.
Under her will duly admitted to probate, the testatrix bequeathed her entire residuary estate to five charities. They are respectively: Ellicottville Cemetery Association, Ellicottville, New York; Ellicottville Fire Company, Inc., Ellicottville, New York; the American Cancer Society, New York State Division; the Health Association of Cattaraugus County, Inc., and the Western New York Society for the Protection of Homeless and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Trustees of Amherst College v. RitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Soper v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Decker v. . VreelandNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of ToneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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