In re the Estate of Goldstein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGoldman, J.
This appeal involves the construction of a paragraph of a will which .contains a devise of property described by street name only. The testator did not in fact own real property on the named street although he was the owner of other *450real property. The Surrogate held that the misdescription invalidated the paragraph, that the attempted devise was “ a lapsed legacy ” and that the real property owned by the testator ‘ ‘ shall pass by virtue of paragraph ‘ eighteen ’ to the residual legatees ”.
The testator had no wife, children ,or siblings. During his lifetime he operated an outdoor advertising…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Patch v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. . QuintardNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Matter of GallienNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Accounting of KeyserlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Mann v. MannNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- In re the Estate of GoldsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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- In re the Estate of ScaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
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