Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Weil

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided June 13, 1934PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

The will, the interpretation of which is the subject-matter of the present proceeding, was executed on June 28, 1897, at a time when the testator was upwards of eighty-five years of age. He died on January seventh of the following year and the instrument was admitted to probate twenty days later.

After general bequests aggregating $403,500 and the devise of certain real property, he directed the erection of the residue of his estate into a trust, which was to continue “ until the death of my said executor and Trustee * * * and until the youngest grand child of my daughter Caroline…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Scott v. . GuernseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  3. In Re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. In re the Estate of WeissmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
  5. Matter of Estate of BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1883

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of DrakeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  2. In re the Accounting of HeinrichNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
  3. In re the Estate of HilliardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
  4. In re the Estate of LyonsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
  5. In re the Estate of PelcygerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936

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