Hull v. Pearson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Charles Pearson and others,-from so much of a- judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of July, 1898,. upon the report of a referee, as adjudges that the defendant, The Long Island Baptist Association, is entitled to receive the legacy of $10,000 bequeathed: by Joseph Wild to the orphanage founded or to be founded by The Long Island Baptist Association; also from, so much of said…
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Appeal by the defendants, Charles Pearson and others,-from so much of a- judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of July, 1898,. upon the report of a referee, as adjudges that the defendant, The Long Island Baptist Association, is entitled to receive the legacy of $10,000 bequeathed: by Joseph Wild to the orphanage founded or to be founded by The Long Island Baptist Association; also from, so much of said judgment as directs payment to The Long Island. Baptist Association.of said legacy, or any part thereof; and also ■■ from…
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:. This appeal involves the construction of the last will of Joseph Wild, who died September 3, 1896, leaving a large estate consisting, entirely of personal property. The testator, after directing the payment of his debts, bequeathed to his wife a life estate, in certain-*226personal property, and then gave the residue of his property to his executors, in trust, to pay a number of annuities with which- we are not concerned, and also a number of specific legacies to various charitable, benevolent and religious institutions. The clauses which have direct reference to the question…
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