Legal Opinion · Dissent
In re Construction of the Will of Getman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 27, 1968Published
1DissentMarsh, J.
This is an appeal by Litchfield Cemetery Association from a decree of Surrogate’s Court, Herkimer County, which construed the residuary clause of decedent Floyd C. Getman’s will.
In 1956 Clyde L. Getman presented a petition for a construction of the residuary clause of the will of Floyd C. Getman, his brother, who died October 5,1954, leaving a will dated November *26218, 1944, which provided in the second paragraph: “ Second: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, and wheresoever situate, which at the time of my death shall belong to me or be subject to my…
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