In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Logan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 17, 1891, which modified a decree of the surrogate of the county of Kings, which settled the account of the executors of the will of William J. Logan, deceased, and ordered the distribution of certain moneys. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 17, 1891, which modified a decree of the surrogate of the county of Kings, which settled the account of the executors of the will of William J. Logan, deceased, and ordered the distribution of certain moneys. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The words of the residuary clause are of clear, plain and simple import, without any ambiguity whatever. They are “ to pay over and divide such remaining sum to and among the legatees mentioned in…
1Opinion of the CourtMaynard, J.
The testator had no descendants and the principal objects of his bounty were his wife, the son of a deceased brother and five sisters. He gave to his wife some articles of personal property; ten thousand dollars in money, and two lots in Brooklyn, as her absolute property and in lieu of dower. He gave to his nephew eight thousand dollars, and a like sum to each of four of the sistérs. He made provision for the family of the remaining sister, Mrs. Jane Clanny, in the fifth clause of the will, in which he gave to his executors the sum of eight thousand dollars, to have and to hold the same in…
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