In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Dewitt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Lillie M. Dewitt from that part of a decree of the 'Surrogate’s Court of the county of Orange, entered in" said Surrogate’s Court on the 10th day of October, 1904, which admits to "probate certain portions of the will of Harvey Ñ.. Dewitt, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:. A testator, possessed of personal property amounting to $3,800, and real estate of the value of $800, provided by his. will, first, for the payment of his debts; second for the sale of his real, estate by his executor, and for the purchase, from the proceeds of such sale and from his personal estate, of a cemetery lot in a cemetery named, the removal • thereto of his “ father’s family dead,” and the purchase and erection of a suitable monument and markers; third, for the setting . apart by his executor of a'fund- to produce interest sufficient to provide for the care of said…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Matter of Accounting of BensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Beekman v. . BonsorNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Read v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- In Re the Probate of the Will of MerriamNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Carter v. Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of ConnellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
- In re the Estate of PaceNew York Surrogate's Court · 1977
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of PerkinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1910