Jones v. Jones
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from surrogate’s court, New York county. Action for an accounting by Oliver L. Jones and John Lyon Gardiner, trustees, etc. Oliver H. Jones left him surviving Louisa L. Jones, his widow, and five children, to-wit, Oliver L. Jones, Elizabeth Coralie Gardiner, Rosalie Adele Jones, (now Oakley,) Lilian L. Jones, and Martha Louise J ones, (now Rutherford.) In and by his will Oliver II. Jones, among other things, provided as follows: “Fourth.
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Appeal from surrogate’s court, New York county. Action for an accounting by Oliver L. Jones and John Lyon Gardiner, trustees, etc. Oliver H. Jones left him surviving Louisa L. Jones, his widow, and five children, to-wit, Oliver L. Jones, Elizabeth Coralie Gardiner, Rosalie Adele Jones, (now Oakley,) Lilian L. Jones, and Martha Louise J ones, (now Rutherford.) In and by his will Oliver II. Jones, among other things, provided as follows: “Fourth. I give, devise, and bequeath to my executors hereinafter named the sum of twenty five thousand dollars for each of my children who shall be living at…
1Opinion of the Court
Brady, J.,
(after stating the facts as above.) The study of this case has not been an easy, but a difficult, one. The referee, in an elaborate and learned opinion, has expressed, and in the main sustained, his views, and they have again been adopted by the learned surrogate, upon due consideration, with one exception. The difficulty of review arises from the multitude of facts, figures, and circumstances in which the record abounds, examined with reference to the numerous findings and the various exceptions taken and presented for consideration, and the involved method in which they were…
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