Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Jack
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 4, 1935Published
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, S.
Testator executed his will on September 11, 1909. It is a short and simple document and disposed of his small estate by a gift to the applicant in the words following, viz.: “ First after my lawful debts are paid, I give Florence Katherine Nagle of No. 340 East 176th Street, Bronx Borough, New York City, contract to lots 819 and 820, 968 and 969, 969 A and 969 B on map of New Dorp Manor, Staten Island, in the Borough of Richmond, City of New York.”
Prior to the execution of the said will the testator had entered into an agreement with the Staten Island Homes Company to purchase the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Champion v. BrownNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
- Williams v. . HaddockNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Carley v. . HarperNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Griffith v. BeecherNew York Supreme Court · 1851
- In re Final Accounting & Judicial Settlement of the Estate of DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899