Legal Opinion
Boal v. Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 9, 1927No. 228PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
Theodore M. Davis died at Newport, R. I., leaving a will, dated August 14, 1911, and a codicil, dated October 4, 1911, which were probated in the probate court of Rhode Island on April 5, 1915. Later, on May 24,1926, by a decree of the probate court of Rhode Island, a trust deed executed- upon the same day as his will was admitted to probate as a component part of the will. Merrill v. Boal, 47 R. I. 274,132 A. 721, 45 A. L. R. 830. By a later decision of the highest court of Rhode Island, both of these instruments were held to constitute the testamentary disposition of…
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