Legal Opinion
In Re the Will of Bump
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1922PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
In the construction of a will we seek the intent of the testator as exhibited by the words he has selected. Canons of construction may aid us. Based as they are upon general considerations; upon guesses as to what the average man would intend by this expression or by that, we rest upon them in the absence of more certain indications. Slight variations of phrase, however, or differences in arrangement may lead us to opposite results.
Oscar W. Bump executed his will in 1899. He then had a wife and daughter and there were two living sisters, two aunts and a number of cousins. One sister died in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nelson v. . RussellNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by75 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re the Estate of WeissmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
- In re the Estate of LeonardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
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