Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Will of Astor
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 5, 1957PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William F. Christiana, S.
The will of Malvina Astor, consisting of 16 typewritten pages, was probated in this court on October 4, 1918. At the date of her death, decedent was sur*724vived by a sister, Charity Ann Snyder and three brothers, Franklin Dinehart, John C. Dinehart and Delbert Dinehart. Maria Ash, a sister, and two brothers, Alfred Dinehart and William Dinehart, predeceased testatrix. By the first 16 articles of the will, decedent bequeathed legacies to various friends and relatives and created trusts for certain members of her family who were not to be included in her residuary estate.
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2Cases cited48 opinions
- Baer v. HendricksNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Connelly v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Wright v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In re the Estate of D'AllesandroNew York Surrogate's Court · 1968
- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. SchoendorfWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- In re the Estate of BogartNew York Surrogate's Court · 1970
- Kenler v. MurtaghNew York Supreme Court · 1960
- In re the Accounting of Chase Manhattan BankNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
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