Matter of Hoffman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in tire second judicial department, entered October 7, 1910, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will of Charles F. Hoffman, deceased, and construing certain provisions thereof. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The deceased died intestate.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in tire second judicial department, entered October 7, 1910, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court admitting to probate the will of Charles F. Hoffman, deceased, and construing certain provisions thereof. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The deceased died intestate. (Herzog v. T. G. & T. Co., 177 N. Y. 86; Leach v. Godwin, 198 N. Y. 35; Close v. F. L. & T. Co., 195 N. Y. 92; Matter of Title G. & T. Co., 195 N. Y. 339; Robinson v. Martin, 200 N. Y. 159.) The portion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The Appellate Division has affirmed a decree of the surrogate of Kings county, which admitted to probate the will of Charles Ferdinand Hoffman, deceased, and which cou.strued certain of its provisions. It consisted of two instruments, a will and a codicil; both of which were wholly written by the testator and were executed a few years before his death. The testator died April 9th, 1909, unmarried and leaving no descendants. The will was executed in 1899. By its first and second articles the testator gave to his nieces Margaret and Carolyn, respectively, legacies of $75,000 and $50,000. He…
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