Thorn v. de Breteuil
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the plaintiff,'"William E. Thorn, as sole surviving executor and trustee of and under the last will and testament of William T. Garner, deceased, and by the defendants, Marcellite Thorn (Garner) de Breteuil and others, from portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 23d day of July, 1902, upon the report of a referee, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon, such appeal an…
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Cross-appeals by the plaintiff,'"William E. Thorn, as sole surviving executor and trustee of and under the last will and testament of William T. Garner, deceased, and by the defendants, Marcellite Thorn (Garner) de Breteuil and others, from portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 23d day of July, 1902, upon the report of a referee, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon, such appeal an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Suffolk Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of…
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
This action, which was brought March 20,1899, for an accounting, involves the construction of the will of William T. Garner. He left an estate largely in cotton mills, print works and other assets of Garner. & Co., the commission house for the mills. Mr. Garner and his wife died together in 1876, leaving surviving them three daughters as sole heirs and next of kin: Marcellite, born in 1868, now La Marquise de Breteuil; Florence, born in 1869, now Lady Gordon-Cumming; and Edith, born in 1874, now Countess de Moltke-HuitfeldtEach daughter has infant children. The will is- as follows:.
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