Legal Opinion
Holbrook v. Shepard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 18, 1927PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, P. J.
This appeal involves the construction of a devise contained in the will of William W. Greene, who died December 30, 1894. The will bears date March 4, 1884, ten years before the death of the testator. At the date of the will, 1884, the testator was a widower, seventy-eight years of age. He had one child, Richard Henry Greene, aged forty-five (married, his wife was thirty-eight years of age), and two grandchildren, Marshall, aged fourteen, and Edna ten. At the date of the will there were also living a sister, brothers, nephews and nieces of the testator.
At the date of the death of the testator…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Connelly v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Cammann v. . BaileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Snyder v. SnyderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of BuechnerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1918
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Holbrook v. GreeneNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1939
- In re GatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- In re the Estate of TracyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of DaniellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- Greene v. HolbrookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927