Legal Opinion
In re Crawford
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 15, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ketcham, S.
The settlement of this account depends upon the meaning of the following paragraph of decedent’s will:
" Fourth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal and wheresoever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Minnie G. Crawford, with the express wish and desire that she use and enjoy only the income thereof, and that she do not dispose by Will of any portion of the principal thereof to any one except my said daughter, it being my desire that the unexpended balance of the principal of the above devise and bequest shall become the property of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Roseboom v. . RoseboomNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Phillips v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of GriffinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Weber v. KressAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- In re the Estate of ScottNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937