Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Whalen
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 29, 1932PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, S.
John Whalen died December 31, 1926, at his home, 456 West One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, New York. His last will and testament gives two general legacies of $100,000 each, followed by a gift of one-half of his residuary estate. No disposition is made of the remaining one-half of the residuary estate and thus the testator died intestate as to this one-half. The testator was a bachelor and the last survivor of four children. His father and mother predeceased him and his sisters and brother died unmarried and without issue. The testator’s nearest relatives are first cousins *178and'…
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