In re the Estate of Blackstone
New York Surrogate's Court
Proceeding for judicial settlement.
1Opinion of the Court
Calder, S.
Martha A. Blackstone died in the town of Kirkland, Oneida county, 1ST. Y., on the 22d day of October, 1903, leaving a will dated November 3, 1900, and a codicil December 9, 1902, by which she bequeathed certain specific articles to friends and relatives; $400 to Clinton Cemetery *17■Association; $50 to Edward J. Blackstone; and the family, pictures and $100 to her brother James L. Blackstone. The fourth clause of said will, and the important one to be considered here, reads as follows: “ I give and bequeath, after all debts are paid to Harriet E. Blackstone of Galesburg my watch,…
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