Legal Opinion

In re the Construction of the Will of Knauss

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided September 11, 1959Published

1Opinion of the Court

Maurice W. McCann, S.

The petitioners herein are the administrators, c. t. aof the above-entitled estate and, in their petition, pray for a decree determining the construction of paragraph “Fourth” of the last will and testament of the above-named decedent, and adjudging and decreeing that in and *1020by said paragraph, lytle l. knauss received a vested remainder in and to a one-half part of the property of said decedent upon the death of the said Albert H. Knauss.

The testator in paragraph “ Fourth ” of his will, after stripping away much of its extensive and excessive verbiage, gave to his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of RussellNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. In re FinckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  3. Manhattan Real Estate & Building Ass'n v. CudlippAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  4. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of BairdNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927

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