In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of Briggs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by John Lynde Briggs and others from parts of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Saratoga, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on or abotit the 25th day of September, 1917, construing the last will and testament of Alice Hall Briggs, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, P. J.:
The surviving husband, who is the life beneficiary, an executor and also trustee under the will, contends that the decree is erroneous in determining that he is not the absolute owner of the principal of the estate. The petitioner, the other executor and trustee, and the remaindermen contend that the decree improperly states the power of the husband to use the principal.
The will was made under the following conditions: The testatrix and her husband were living at Saratoga Springs; she owned real estate worth about $25,000, and had about $143,000 of personal property, the income…
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