Hull v. Pearson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Bill by Robert B. Hull and others, as executors of, and trustees under, the last will and testament of Joseph Wild, deceased, against ■Charles Pearson and others, defendants, impleaded with the Long Island Baptist Association. There was a decree construing the will, and defendants Pearson and others appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.
This appeal involves the construction of the last will of Joseph Wild, who died September 3, 1896, leaving a large estate, consisting entirely of personal property. The testator, after directing the payment of his debts, bequeathed to his wife a life estate in certain personal property, and then gave the residue of his property to his executors in trust to pay a number of annuities, with which *325we are not concerned, and also a number of specific legacies to various charitable, benevolent, and religious institutions. The clauses which have direct reference to the question involved read as…
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