Legal Opinion

In re the Accounting of Cloonan

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided August 18, 1949PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Savarese, S.

In this accounting proceeding a preliminary issue of construction has been raised by the objectors and submitted to the court for determination prior to the trial of the objections. Testatrix died July 21, 1947, leaving a will dated September 30,1944, which was admitted to probate in this court on February 10,1948. After a general legacy to the executor’s wife and a specific bequest of a bank account to a charity, the balance of the estate is disposed of in the following language:

‘ ‘ I give, devise and bequeath all my estate, both real and personal, which may be in the Dominion of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. In re the Estate of IsraeliteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of ColbertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. In re the Construction of the Will of FalveyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959

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