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In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Matthews

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 6, 1907PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal by Rosie Matthews, a legatee, from certain parts of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of ¡New York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 5 th day of'August, 1907, directing the distribution of the estate of Sarah Waters, deceased.

1Opinion of the Court

McLaughlin, J. :

Sarah Waters died on the 20th of May, 1905, leaving a last will and testament, executed a little over two years before her death, which was, on the. twenty-second of June following,' admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to the executors therein *606named, 'the accounting parties in this proceeding. Mrs. Wáters by her will first directed that her debts and funeral expenses be paid, and then she gave, the sum of $300 each to the Montefióre Home for Chronic Invalids, Beth Israel and Mt. Sinai Hospitals in the city of Hew York, and then gave to her nephew, Philip…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Crawford v. . McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  2. Toch v. TochNew York Supreme Court · 1894
  3. In re Willett's EstateNew York Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. PlummerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  2. In re the Estate of AnableNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  3. In re the Transfer Tax on the Estate of BrooksNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
  4. In re the Estate of SchrierNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
  5. In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of MouldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921

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