In re Vedder's Will
New York Surrogate's Court
Judicial settlement of the trustees and executors, etc., of Nicholas S. Tedder, deceased. Nicholas S. Tedder died in 1879, leaving a will, which was shortly thereafter duly admitted to probate by the surrogate of Rensselaer county. He left, him surviving, a widow, Nancy A. Tedder, but no children or descendants. Ida Angelí, a child of about nine years of age, was a member of his family at the time of his decease, and had been such for about six years.
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Judicial settlement of the trustees and executors, etc., of Nicholas S. Tedder, deceased. Nicholas S. Tedder died in 1879, leaving a will, which was shortly thereafter duly admitted to probate by the surrogate of Rensselaer county. He left, him surviving, a widow, Nancy A. Tedder, but no children or descendants. Ida Angelí, a child of about nine years of age, was a member of his family at the time of his decease, and had been such for about six years. The testator and his wife had procured her from an institution in New York, known as the “American Female Guardian Society,” in 1875. The child…
1Opinion of the Court
Lansing, S.
Several questions have arisen upon this accounting as to the proper disposition to be made of the fund yet remaining in the hands of the executors and trustees for distribution. The persons presenting adverse claims have been represented by numerous and able counsel, who have pressed their views upon the court with great force and ability, and have submitted numerous briefs, evincing great industry and research in the law pertaining to the questions in dispute. The questions involved are substantially questions of law only. I shall consider them in the order of their statement.
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