Murdock v. . Ward
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department modifying a judgment, entered upon a decision of the court at Special Term. (Reported below, 8 Hun, 9.) The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. The child of the deceased son took the-whole of his share.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department modifying a judgment, entered upon a decision of the court at Special Term. (Reported below, 8 Hun, 9.) The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. The child of the deceased son took the-whole of his share. (Slosson v. Lynch, 28 How., 417; 2 Redf. on Wills, 77; Watt v.Watt, 3 Ves., 244; Garrick v. Camden, 14 id., 372; Cholmondely v. Ashburton, 6 Beav., 86; Withy v. Mangles, 4 id., 358; Dickens v. N. Y. C. Railroad Co., 23 N. Y., 158; Quinn v. Hardenbrook, 54…
1Opinion of the Court
Church, Oh. J.
This action is brought by the executor of • the will of James O. Ward, to procure a construction of the fourth clause of the will.
The testator, after certain specific legacies, devised and bequeathed the residue of his estate to his executors to sell and convert into money, and after paying debts and some other charges, to pay the remainder in equal shares to his children, viz., to his sons their respective shares at twenty-one, or at such time subsequently, and in such sums, from time to time, as they should deem advisable and best; and then follows this provision: “ And in…
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