Legal Opinion
In Re the Will of Fletcher
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1939PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
July 5, 1923, Austin B. Fletcher died a resident of New York county. His will, admitted to probate January 3, 1924, embraced the following provisions:
“Fifth. I direct that One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) be set aside for the establishment and maintenance of a hospital, to be located in the Town of Franklin, Massachusetts, and to be known as The Fletcher Hospital; and that said sum shall be turned over to the proper trustees as soon as they shall be legally capacitated to receive it and the previous bequests in this My Last Will and Testament shall have been provided fori I direct that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re the Will of NeherNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- In re the Estate of FletcherNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
3Cited by30 opinions
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. ArnoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- In Re the Accounting of LyonNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- In re the Construction of the Will of LawlessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- Society of California Pioneers v. McElroyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- In re Syracuse UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
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