Van Vechten v. Van Veghten
New York Court of Chancery
The object of this suit was to obtain a judicial construction of the will of Abraham Van Vechten, deceased ; several questions having arisen between the executors and some of the devisees and legatees, as to the meaning of many of the provisions of the will, as well as to the validity of most if not all of the trusts contained therein.
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The object of this suit was to obtain a judicial construction of the will of Abraham Van Vechten, deceased ; several questions having arisen between the executors and some of the devisees and legatees, as to the meaning of many of the provisions of the will, as well as to the validity of most if not all of the trusts contained therein. At the time of the making of the will, in March, 1833, and at his death in January, 1837, the testator had five children who were his only heirs at law; to wit: Jacob T. B. Van Vechten the complainant, Anne the wife of Walter Van Veghten, Eliza, Gertrude, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The first question, as to which the parties in this case ask for a judicial construction of the testator’s will, arises upon the provisions contained in the second clause thereof, discharging the complainant from all notes which the testator holds against him, and from all charges on book, or otherwise, against him for loans or advances to or for him, and all claims for the use or rents of the two houses mentioned or referred to in that clause of the will. This provision, as well as the similar provision in the same clause, fur the release of W. Van Veghten, the son-in-law, of…
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