In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Hamlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Mary K. Wellington, individually and as executrix, and another, from an order and decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Erie, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 20th day of May, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, P. J.:
Mary E. Daniels, late of the city of Buffalo, deceased, left an estate upwards of $1,000,000. She disposed of the same by will. She provided for certain specific legacies, but the bulk of the estate was left under the residuary clause to trustees for the benefit of her daughter and a grandson for fife with remainder over to the children of the grandson. Among other specific legacies she bequeathed the sum of $25,000 to each of three cousins, George B. Wellington, Mary K. Wellington and Grace A. Wellington. Grace A. Wellington has died and her sister, Mary K. Wellington, is the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Knowlton v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of ShermanNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- In re the Appraisal for Taxation of the Estate of ShermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- In re the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of BierstadtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of HamlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Johnson v. KeithDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1923