Becker v. Becker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Jacob Becker, as sole surviving executor and trustee, etc., of Gottlieb Becker, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of thc^pdcjn tiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of July, 1896, upon the decision of the court. rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term construing the last will and testament of Gottlieb Becker, deceased.
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Appeal by the defendant, Jacob Becker, as sole surviving executor and trustee, etc., of Gottlieb Becker, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of thc^pdcjn tiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of July, 1896, upon the decision of the court. rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term construing the last will and testament of Gottlieb Becker, deceased. Also', an appeal by the defendant, Rosina Becker, from said judgment, except so much thereof as awards costs and allowances.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment entered at Special Term giving construction to a certain clause of the last will and testament of one Gottlieb Becker, and declaring and adjudging that a trust created by the said will is invalid and void. The trust referred to is provided for in the third clause of the will.' The testator, after directing the payment of debts and funeral expenses, and appointing *344executors and trustees, gave, devised and bequeathed “ all my property and estate, both real and personal, of which I ain now' seized or possessed, or of which I may be hereafter…
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