Legal Opinion

In re Jones' Will

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided August 4, 1890PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Proceedings for the probate of the will of Agnes Livingston Jones, deceased, in which Edward P. Jones appears as contestant. Will' admitted to probate.

1Opinion of the Court

RANSOM, S.

The paper propounded as the will was executed in October, 1888. By it the decedent gives her estate to her executors in trust, and from the income she directs the payment to her brother, Charles Welsh, the sum of $20 a month, the residue to be applied to the support, maintenance, and education of her infant son until he becomes of age, when the estate is to vest in him. Should he die before maturity, it goes to said Charles Welsh for life, with remainder over to Edward O’Neil, a cousin, and the son of an uncle, David O’Neil, if he reaches his majority, and, in default thereof the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Waterman v. . WhitneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  2. Jackson ex dem. Coe v. KniffenNew York Supreme Court · 1806
  3. Dean v. NegleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
  4. Lyon v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1851

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Madson v. ChristensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  2. In re the Contested Will of SarasohnNew York Surrogate's Court · 1905
  3. In re the Estate of KhazanehNew York Surrogate's Court · 2006
  4. Estate of Fleishman, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1892
  5. In re FishAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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