In re the Construction of Last Will & Testament of Ready
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Feely, S.
This testator, a local physician, having duly expressed in his last will on April 22, 1925, as to the disposition to be made at his death of his $25,000 estate, died on the 16th of November, 1926, without any notable change having occurred in his property, which consisted of about $14,000 in bank deposits, and the rest in Liberty bonds. He had never married. Two sisters, Delia and Mary, were supposed to be his only next of kin. Both are named as legatees.
He bequeathed, for and during her own lifetime, the use of all his estate to his elder sister, Deha, who died February 4, 1928.…
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