Griffen v. . Keese
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered ¡November 22, 1906, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment of Special Term construing the will of Samuel Willets, deceased.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered ¡November 22, 1906, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment of Special Term construing the will of Samuel Willets, deceased. On the 6tli day of February, 1883, Samuel Willets died a resident of this state, leaving a will and two codicils, which were duly admitted to probate on the 26tli day of February, 1883,v and by which the testator disposed of a very large estate to many different persons and institutions in various amounts, directly or in trust. He created a number…
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
In form this is an action by the trustees to procure the judicial adjustment of their accounts and to obtain judicial construction of certain clauses of the will from which they derive their powers. In substance it is a contest between the testator’s grandchildren and the daughter of a deceased grandchild over the distribution of a portion of the estate •which has thus far constituted a part of the annuity fund referred to in the foregoing statement of facts, and which has been decided by the courts below to belong to the surviving grandchildren of the testator, as against the surviving…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Rudd v. . CornellNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Bell v. . MerrifieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of WilletsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Stokes v. . FooteNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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- Schuylkill Fuel Corp. v. B. & C. Nieberg Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Matter of KohlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Karameros v. LutherNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- In re the Estate of EvansNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re KohlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916
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