Wright v. . Wright
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1916, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant, respondent, entered upon the report of a referee in an action brought to settle judicially the accounts of the plaintiffs as trustees under the will of James H. Wright, deceased.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1916, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant, respondent, entered upon the report of a referee in an action brought to settle judicially the accounts of the plaintiffs as trustees under the will of James H. Wright, deceased. The legacy under review was intended for the Washington Heights Library and not the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This was testator’s intent as evidenced by his will and all the surrounding circumstances. (Matter of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, Ch. J.
The questions which are presented to us upon this appeal arise under and in connection with the will of one Wright. For several years before his decease Mr. Wright lived in the territory known as Washington Heights. While this was located within the limits of New York city it was really a community by itself, having local and distinct interests and' institutions. Mr. Wright, who was a man of large means, became interested in at least two of these institutions which are the contending parties upon this appeal. These were the Washington Heights Library, a corporation of which the…
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