Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Reese
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 3, 1928PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, S.
The questions raised in this construction proceeding are disposed of as follows:(1) Testator, by the 2d paragraph of his will, devised and bequeathed his entire residuary estate, real and personal, to his executors and trustees, in trust, to pay the income derived therefrom to his widow during the term of her natural life, with remainders over. No express direction that the provisions for the widow were to be in lieu of dower was contained in the will. The widow *275claims to be entitled to dower in addition to the benefits provided for her therein. It is well settled that dower is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Savage v. . BurnhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Konvalinka v. . SchlegelNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Loder v. . HatfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Cunningham v. . ParkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of ProceedIngs of LaknerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of RehillNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of WatsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Accounting of BorstelmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
- In re the Final Accounting of GarrisonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960