Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Pearce
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 15, 1907Published
Construction of third clause of will.
1Opinion of the Court
Sexton, S.
Sarah E. Pearce and J. Howland Pearce Were husband and wife, living together, each owning a separate estate, *79which they respectively disposed of by will. Said wills were heretofore duly admitted to probate without objection.
The will of Sarah E. Pearce was dated December 5, 1890, under which J. Howland Pearce received the net income of the entire estate for life, and at his death all went equally to three children, with a provision that issue of a deceased child should take the parent’s share. The gross personal estate was $2,-298.77, $2,052.87 of which was at interest.
The will of J.…
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- Banzer v. . BanzerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- In re the Judicial Accounting of WarnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- In re the Estate of VeryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1898
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