Hulburt v. Southerland
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Wynn A. Hulburt, as executor, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court’ in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rock-land on the 24th day of March, 1914, after a trial at the Rockland Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
William D. M. Smith died upon March 21, 1897, leaving a last will and testament dated April 19, 1892, duly executed and subsequently proved, by which he gave to his wife, Ella V. Smith, the “ use and benefit ” of all his estate, real and personal, during her fife, “for her maintenance and livelihood,” with the right “in the event of the income thereof being insufficient for such purposes, then to use and apply so much of the principal thereof as may be essential for such purposes in her judgment.” Thereafter the testator provided:
“ Third. Upon the death of my said wife, I give,…
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