Legal Opinion
In re the Will of Lehmaier
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 29, 1944PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
Deceased’s will appointed as his executors Arthur S. Gutman, Marie T. Gutman and Louis A. Lemaire, Jr. By article second of the will each of these was given an article of tangible personalty. One of them was made an alternative beneficiary of a like article. Another of them was made a beneficiary of a fifth of the residuary. The first named is legatee of two fifths of the residuary if certain conditions arise in the future.
In the paragraph which preceded the residuary clause deceased undertook to make a gift in the following text: “ Tenth: I give the sum of twenty-five thousand…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Matter of Will of O'HaraNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Fairchild v. . Edson Edson v. . BartowNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Reynolds v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Gross v. MooreNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Forster v. . WinfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of VoiceNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
- In re the Construction of the Will of MurrayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1948
- In re the Accounting of FrankenthalerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
- In re the Construction of the Will of HennigNew York Surrogate's Court · 1956
- In re the Construction of the Will of BurtonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959