In re Crane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
H. T. Kellogg, Acting P. J.:
These are cross-appeals which call for the review of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Columbia, construing the 26th paragraph of the last will and testament of Ida C. Potts, a resident of Columbia county, who died on or about the 19th day of November, 1921, leaving personal property of the value of $1,729,773.96, and also certain real property.
The 26th clause of the will directs the executors to organize and create “ as quickly as it can be done in accordance with the law,” a corporation, the purposes and objects of which shall be “ to construct,…
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