Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Will of Potter
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1954PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConway, J.
The facts here are not in dispute. On November 21,1841, one Nathaniel Potter died, leaving a will which had been executed on November 9,1841. During his lifetime the decedent had been one of the founders of a private educational institution situated in the town of Huntington, N. Y., and known as the Huntington Academy. That academy had been organized in about 1793, and it continued to function until 1858, when the Union School District purchased it and the land on which it stood, and the building was then torn down. The Union School District then purchased one and one-half acres of the land…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Allen v. . StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Williams v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- In re the Estate of PepperNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Downing v. . MarshallNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Bascom v. . AlbertsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
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3Cited by29 opinions
- In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1960
- In re the Estate of BowneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- In re Syracuse UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- In re the Estate of GoehringerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
- In re the Estate of KraetzerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1983
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