Legal Opinion
Gertrude (Gertrud, Trude) Kammholz, Ingeborg Kammholz v. Donald Allen, Albert Hirst
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 13, 1958No. 24911_1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judges.
The question presented on this appeal concerns the proper construction to be given the following relevant portion of the will of Rudolf Lesch who died in New York on March 9, 1946.
“Article VI.
“I give and bequeath to said Allen all the shares of stock, both Class ‘A’ and Class ‘B’, of Rudolf Lesch Fine Arts, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Corporation’), that I may hold at the time of my death, but only upon the following terms and conditions:
“(2) That he, his executors, administrators, distributees and assigns, and all other successors in interest as holders of…
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- Taylor v. MasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- In re the Estate of BendheimNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
- In re the Estate of CarringtonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- Harvard Trust Co. v. Attorney Gen. of the United StatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Rogers v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1958