Mathews v. Studley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Adeline S. Matthews, and by the defendant Ethel Shew,, by her guardian ad litem, Schuyler 0. Carlton, from a judgment of the Supreme Court,- entered in the office of the’ clerk of the county of Hew York on the 18th day of December, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special Term construing the will of Albert P. Stur-te-vant, deceased.' ' ■
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
This is an action brought by one of the legatees under the will of Albert P. Sturtevant, against the executors and other persons *305interested in that will, to obtain a construction of it. The executors who were made parties defendant also demanded in their answer a construction of the will. As a result of the trial the court found substantially that the different provisions of the will were valid and construed it in accordance with the contention of the executors and judgment was entered accordingly. From that judgment the plaintiff and one of the defendants, in like case with her,…
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