In Re the Last Will & Testament of Vassar
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second, judicial department, entered upon an order made December 8, 1890, which affirmed an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Dutchess County. The nature of this proceeding and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
On the 27th day of October, 1888, John Guy Vassar died at the city of Poughkeepsie, leaving a last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate by the surrogate of Dutchess county on the 11th day of February, 1889, by which will legacies were bequeathed to the Vassar Brothers Home for Aged Men, Vassar Brothers Hospital, Vassar College, and the John Guy Yasser Orphan Asylum. On the 20th day of February, 1890, upon a petition of the executors appointed under the provisions of the will, the surrogate made an order appointing Daniel W. Gurnsey an appraiser to appraise the fair market…
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