Beekman v. People
New York Supreme Court
WILLIAM BAETHOP died at Kinderhook on the 20th of' October, 1838. He was a physician, horn in Nottingham, England, and on settling at Kinderhook, married the widow of an old physician, Dr. Beekman, resident there, who had two sons, John, the plaintiff, and Thomas, one of the defendants. His wife survived him.
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WILLIAM BAETHOP died at Kinderhook on the 20th of' October, 1838. He was a physician, horn in Nottingham, England, and on settling at Kinderhook, married the widow of an old physician, Dr. Beekman, resident there, who had two sons, John, the plaintiff, and Thomas, one of the defendants. His wife survived him. By a codicil to his will, dated October 8, 1838, he gave her a legacy of $10,000. His will hears date October 9, 1837. By a codicil, dated May 12, 1838, he made the following bequests, which, with a subsequent one, made in another codicil, dated October 13, 1838, form the subject matter…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Davies, P. J.
A convenient consideration of the questions presented, will lead naturally to an examination in the first place of the provisions of the codicils in reference to the dispensary. If it should he found that there were sufficient funds, then the testator, as he expresses himself, wishes *264“a public dispensary as in New York, on a similar plan, for indigent persons both sick and lame, to be attended by a physician elected to the establishment, at their own homes, and also daily at the dispensary; My executors to consult judicious men in Albany respecting the same, and…
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