Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Tuck
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 12, 1939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
This is an application for a construction of the will in which a determination is sought as to the nature of certain gifts as specific, demonstrative or general legacies.
The testator was a man of considerable wealth. By his will, which was executed on October 14, 1937, he made substantial gifts to educational and charitable corporations and to numerous employees, relatives and friends. He divided his residuary estate among a nephew, a grandniece and great-grandnephews and nieces who appear to have been a special object of his bounty. Most of the gifts in question are similar in form…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Columbia Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- In re the Estate of TabbaghNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
3Cited by6 opinions
- In re the Will of DavisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- In re the Accounting of MephamNew York Surrogate's Court · 1947
- In re the Construction of the Will of KentNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
- In re the Accounting of MacFarlaneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- In re the Estate of PassoffNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2002
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