Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Eckart
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1976PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
Julia Eckart died on August 13, 1970, survived by her two children, Charlotte Eckart and Frank Darmody, the petitioners in this proceeding. She left a simple *496will, dated August 4, 1966, in which beginning with the THIRD article, she disposed of her entire estate as follows:
"THIRD: Should they survive me, I give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, CHARLOTTE ANNA ECKART, and to FRANK DARMODY, the son of my divorced husband, Patrick Darmody, the sum of Fifty Dollars each.
"FOURTH: For reasons that to me are good and sufficient, I make no further testamentary provision for my said daughter and…
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