Kearney v. Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle
New York Supreme Court
Henry Kearney brought this action as éxecutbr, &c. of Eliza McKeon, deceased, to obtain a construction of the will of his testatrix. Further facts sufficiently appear from the opinion, j
1Opinion of the CourtVan Vorst, J.
The testatrix, Eliza McKeon, died May 6, 1874, leaving a husband her surviving, but no children or other descendants. By her last will and testament, executed in 1869, she gave and devised all her property, real and personal, to the executors named in her will, for the purposes and upon the trusts therein declared. These were to sell all her property, real and personal, at public or private sale, and to execute and deliver all proper deeds and conveyances therefor, and to convert the same into cash when or upon such terms, and as soon after her decease as they should deem best; they were also…
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