Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Leigh
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 15, 1915Published
Peoceedihg upon the accounting of an executor!
1Opinion of the Court
Eowleb, S.—
The Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company has filed an account of its proceedings as executor of the last will and testament of 'the testatrix and asks the court to construe the following clause of her will:
“ The remainders of my estate between my two living sisters, Julia Leigh Harrison, Tanstall, Virginia, and Anne Carter Old, Clayville, Virginia, and after that among the living children of my own and half brothers' and sisters, except the children of my late brother, Chapman Johnson Leigh, as they aré already provided for.”
The testatrix was survived by her sisters, Julia Leigh…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Goodwin v. . CoddingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Embury v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Van Brunt v. . Van BruntNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of GriffinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
- In re Judicial Settlement of the Account of GeisslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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