Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Wilkins
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 9, 1935PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
The will of William H. Wilkins was probated in this court on February 19, 1886. The decedent left a widow and *153four children. By'the first paragraph of the will he devised to a daughter, Elizabeth Sammis, for life, a farm situate in the town of White Plains, with remainder “ unto such of the children of my said daughter as may then survive, to be divided between them equally share and share alike.” (Italics mine.)
The second, third and fourth paragraphs gave to each of the remaining children, namely, Ann Eliza Wilkins, Amos H. Wilkins and William H. Wilkins, Jr., the sum of $25,000.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Cammann v. . BaileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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