Legal Opinion
In re Darcy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 1928PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKapper, J.
The appellant Brooklyn and Queens Young Men’s Christian Association seeks a review of the final decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county which held said association within the purview of section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law, which, as amended by the Laws of 1923, chapter 301, and as it read at the time the will hereinafter mentioned was executed, provided as follows:
“ § 17. Devise or bequest to certain societies, associations, corporations or purposes. No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Trustees of Amherst College v. RitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Ould v. Washington Hospital for FoundlingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Tilden v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- In Re the Probate of the Will of MacDowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of GeorgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1970
- In re the Accounting of HarrisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
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