In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of Wendel
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 16, 1918, which modified an order of the Westchester County Surrogate’s Court assessing a transfer tax upon the estate of John G. Wendel, deceased. •The appraiser appointed pursuant to the petition therefor in the Matter of the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of John G. Wendel, Deceased, omitted from his report of property subject to a transfer tax certain…
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Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 16, 1918, which modified an order of the Westchester County Surrogate’s Court assessing a transfer tax upon the estate of John G. Wendel, deceased. •The appraiser appointed pursuant to the petition therefor in the Matter of the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of John G. Wendel, Deceased, omitted from his report of property subject to a transfer tax certain real property described in the will of John D. Wendel, deceased, of .which said John G. Wendel had a power of appointment.…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
John D. Wendel died in 1876 leaving his son John G. Wendel and six daughters, all of whom were living on January 23, 1911. John D. Wendel left a will which was duly probated. The only part thereof affecting the question now before' us is the twenty-first paragraph thereof which is as follows:
“ Twenty-first. To my son John G. Wendel I devise the Southerly half of the block of ground lying between Broadway and Seventh Avenue and 38th and 39th streets, that is to say, eighteen lots of land known by the Ward Map numbers of the City as * * * To have and to hold the said eighteen lots of land for…
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