Collins v. Steuart
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James L. Stenart, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of August, 1895, upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal by the defendant, James L. Stenart, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of August, 1895, upon the report of a referee. The plaintiff in the above-entitled action was the widow of Walter S. Collins, under whose will she was given the household goods, etc., and one-half of the testator’s real and personal estate in lieu of dower; the other half of his estate, real and personal, was given to his living children and the legal representatives of any deceased child. By an instrument found…
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
On the 5th of December, 1893, Walter S. Collins died. For about four years prior to his death he and his wife, the present plaintiff, lived at Englewood, Bergen county, New Jersey. Mrs. Collins continued to live at Englewood for about five months after her husband’s death, when she came to New York to live. Mr. Collins left a will appointing his wife executrix and the defendant, Steuart, executor. On the 17th day of January, 1894, this will was admitted to probate by the Orphans’ Court of Bergen county, New Jersey. The defendant had previously renounced as executor, and Mrs.…
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