Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Carpenter

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided May 2, 1977Published

1Opinion of the CourtJohn D. Bennett, J.

In this accounting proceeding the guardian ad litem raises only one objection to the account: that it does not provide for any distribution to his infant ward under the following language of the will:

"fifth: I give, devise and bequeath to my issue, per stirpes, living at my death, as tenants in common, the following real property:
"A. The store building commonly known as No. 1193 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, now occupied as a drug store.
"B. My house and grounds at Bellport, Long Island, New York, located on the westerly side of Bellport Lane, between South Country Road and the Bay.”

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. In re the Construction of the Will of DahlmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949

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