Legal Opinion
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Proceedings of Purdy
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 7, 1927PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
This opinion will deal with the construction of the will and the disposition of certain objections to the account of proceedings. The decedent died January 16, 1925, leaving a last will and testament admitted to probate the 25th day of March, 1925. The will directs the payment of debts, gives $100 in trust to a cemetery, and bequeaths to the widow jewelry, automobiles and the sum of $2,000. The 4th and 5th paragraphs are as follows:
“Fourth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my property, both real and personal, and wheresoever the same may be situated, not hereinbefore disposed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- In Re the Will of AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In re Benedict's WillNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- In re Estate of BushnellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- In re the Estate of MurphyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
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