Lawrence v. Elliott
New York Surrogate's Court
after various bequests and 'devises, gave to the executors $10,000 in trust to invest, and apply the interest and income to the use of Theodore Keese during life, after his death the principal sum to go to the residuary legatee named in the will; and also bequeathed to the New York Society Library, $17,000; to the President and Fellows of Yale College, $2000, to be called the Keese Prize Fund, the income to be paid- to the member of the class graduating at the end of the…
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after various bequests and 'devises, gave to the executors $10,000 in trust to invest, and apply the interest and income to the use of Theodore Keese during life, after his death the principal sum to go to the residuary legatee named in the will; and also bequeathed to the New York Society Library, $17,000; to the President and Fellows of Yale College, $2000, to be called the Keese Prize Fund, the income to be paid- to the member of the class graduating at the end of the regular lecture term who shall write the best thesis, the professor of the medical faculty to award the prize, and if none…
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.
No question is made in respect to the due execution of the instrument propounded, and it appears to have been executed in conformity to law, by a testatrix of sound and disposing mind, and free from undue influence; and the only question to be considered is as to the validity of the several bequests to corporations, and of the residuary clause.
The testatrix left no husband, child, or parent her surviving, but left two sisters, who are contestants.
The will bears date the 7th day of April, 1877, and the testatrix died the next day.
The legacies to. the corporations are claimed to…
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