Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Roth

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 19, 1925PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Foley, S.:

In this accounting an issue as to the construction of the will arises. After making certain specific bequests, the will provides in paragraph 3: “Unto my father, Joseph Roth, I give and bequeath my entire estate, with absolute use and control of everything — it being understood that my estate is to become the sole and exclusive property and possession of my father, under the condition, nevertheless that upon the death of my said father one half of the entire estate he leaves is to be divided as follows: To my cousins, Lizzie Gasser, Margaret Gasser Thompson, Josephine Gasser, Katie…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  3. Tillman v. . OgrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Mee v. . GordonNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. In re a Construction of the Last Will & Testament of WeissNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of LeonardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
  2. Regnier v. RegnierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1926
  3. Sipes v. PessemierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936

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