Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Crespi
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 10, 1936PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
On the chief question of testamentary interpretation which has been submitted, all of the parties who have filed briefs, with the exception of the special guardian and executors, placed their sole reliance upon allegedly similar language of other testamentary documents construed by this or other courts. In so doing they have overlooked the basic principle that particular precedents interpreting varying language are wholly unreliable and unhelpful guides in the attainment of a result in a litigation of this type. (Matter of Watson, 262 N. Y. 284, 297; Matter of Rossiter, 134 Misc.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- In Re the Accounting of ClaytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In Re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- In re the Estate of WeissmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In re the Estate of DenariNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of TalbotNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of BuellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1946
- In re the Estate of GreenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of ZaiacNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
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