Wood v. Vandenburgh
New York Court of Chancery
The bill in this cause was filed by the executors of Jacob G. Vandenburgh, deceased, to obtain a construction of his will, and the direction of the court as to.the distribution of his estate among the several persons having claims upon the same, under the following circumstances: In January, 1825, G, Vandenburgh, the father of the decedent, and one of the defendants in this cause, being possessed of a considerable real and personal estate, made his will and thereby devised…
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The bill in this cause was filed by the executors of Jacob G. Vandenburgh, deceased, to obtain a construction of his will, and the direction of the court as to.the distribution of his estate among the several persons having claims upon the same, under the following circumstances: In January, 1825, G, Vandenburgh, the father of the decedent, and one of the defendants in this cause, being possessed of a considerable real and personal estate, made his will and thereby devised all his real and personal estate to his wife for life; and, after her death, he devised the real estate, and the personal…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
As the answer of L, Ryersdorf and wife denies the correctness of the inventory made by the complainants, and as there are other allegations in the bill the correctness of which are material to be known before a final distribution of the estate can be made, and as many of the defendants are infants, there must be a reference to a master to take an account of the estate which has come to the hands of the complainants, and of the administration thereof, There is, however, sufficient before me to enable the court to settle the principal questions in controversy between the several…
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