In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Shannon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Dundee Baptist Church, a legatee named in the last will and testament of Harrison Shannon, deceased, from an order or decision of the surrogate of the county of Tates, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of December, 1895 ; also from an order or decree entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of December, 1895, adjudging the last will and testament of Harrison Shannon, deceased, to be genuine and valid, except as to the devise to the…
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Appeal by the Dundee Baptist Church, a legatee named in the last will and testament of Harrison Shannon, deceased, from an order or decision of the surrogate of the county of Tates, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of December, 1895 ; also from an order or decree entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of December, 1895, adjudging the last will and testament of Harrison Shannon, deceased, to be genuine and valid, except as to the devise to the Dundee Baptist Church, which Avas secured by undue influence; also from the order granting letters testamentary under said…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
On the 23d of March, 1886, Harrison Shannon executed his will, which contained a provision as follows: “ If I do not myself erect, or cause to be erected, in my lifetime, a new church edifice on the ground in Dundee aforesaid, on which the church edifice now occupied as a place of public worship by the Baptist' church, of which I am a member, is situated, then I give and bequeath to my said executrix, out of my said personal estate, the sum of ten thousand dollars, in trust, to be used and expended in the erection and furnishing of a new church edifice on the grounds aforesaid.”
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SnellingNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
3Cited by3 opinions
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- In re the Revocation of Probate of the Last Will & Testament of MurphyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- In re the Proof & Probate of the Last Will & Testament of BurtisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905