Rudd v. Cornell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Annie E. Cornell, individually and as administratrix, etc., of Genevieve M. Rudd, deceased, from portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of October, 1899, upon the report of a referee in an action brought for the judicial construction of the last will and testament' of George Rudd, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
These appeals involve the judicial construction of the will of George Rudd, the grandfather of Genevieve. M. Rudd. George Rudd died in New York-city on September 14, 1884, leaving a. last will and testament dated August 27, 1870, and a codicil dated August 28,1880, and leaving him surviving his widow, Janet Rudd, and Eliza Moore Rudd, George Rudd, Mary Frances Rudd, Marvin W. Rudd and Althea S. (Allie) Rudd, his children. By his will the testator gave to his wife a specific. bequest of his household furniture, printed books and plate, and then provided as follows:
“ Third. I do give,…
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