Carley v. Harper
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Florence Skillin Cloyd and another, from part of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 7th day of July, 1914, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Nassau Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
Testatrix, a widow since 1896, made her will in 1900 and died in 1911, leaving personal property, exclusive of that specifically bequeathed, amounting to $81,553.63. The admitted debts are $2,660.59, and claims rejected amount to some $2,407.69. The expenses of administration are $10,557.74, including $9,000 transfer tax. The net balance is sufficient to pay slightly more than one-half of the general legacies, which are $132,200. There was real estate, an important part of which was devised specifically to her sister Julia, or her daughters, while the residue of real and personal…
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