Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Brundage

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 15, 1917PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Proceedings upon the judicial settlement of the accounts of executors and trustees.

1Opinion of the Court

Fowler, S.

The executors and trustees having filed their accounts, a judicial construction of the will of *531testatrix becomes necessary. Such construction has been postponed, by consent, until the settlement of the decree now proposed. The scheme of the will of Caroline A. Brundage is substantially as follows: By the first clause of her will the testatrix revokes and annuls all former wills. By the second clause she directs the payment of her debts, funeral and testamentary expenses. By the third clause she provides for the erection of a vault in Woodlawn Cemetery. By the fourth clause she gave…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Crawford v. . McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  2. In Re the Accounting of Title Guarantee & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
  3. Beekman v. . BonsorNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
  4. Wood v. . MitchamNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  5. In re the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of MaverickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  2. In Re the Accounting of SickelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  4. Camp v. Presbyterian Society of Sackets HarborNew York Supreme Court · 1918
  5. In re the Estate of FosterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940

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