Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Gavey
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 13, 1933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The testatrix in this proceeding died on July 27, 1929, after performing that most frequently disastrous of ultra-hazardous acts, the execution of a home-made will. Letters testamentary were issued to the executor therein named on September 11, 1929. The will, after directing payment of funeral *334expenses, gave testatrix’s personal effects to Mildred Gavey; two legacies of one hundred dollars each to two individuals, and then provided as follows: “ I give to my brother, William S. Gavey, the sum of $1,000, or such sum as he may deem sufficient, more or less to be used to put our plot…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Taylor v. . DoddNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- In re the Estate of ReichNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In Re the Estate of CrouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- In re the Estate of AnableNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In re the Estate of BurroughsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Accounting of BeinfieldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of BatesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of DawleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Accounting of BourneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
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