Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Murray
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 22, 1932PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cooke, S.
John Murray died on or about November 21, 1930, a resident of the county of Sullivan. On or about October 6, 1930, he had prepared for him by a justice of the peace of his town, who was not a lawyer, a will, the second provision of which is as follows: “ To my Sister Marry E. MeColough the use of all my estate during her natural life and after her death I bequeath as *500follows five hundred dollars is to be placed in Some good and Solvent Bank and the interest therefrom is to be used each year for the upkeep of my plot in the Woodbourne Catholic cemetery one hundred dollars to the…
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