Legal Opinion

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Barrett

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided September 27, 1929Published

1Opinion of the Court

Feely, S.

For the purpose of building onto a hospital an addition as a memorial to himself, this testator bequeathed to the Infants Summer Hospital the sum of $10,000, “ provided ” within five years of his death, or that of his wife, “ an additional $20,000.00 shall be raised for said hospital and shall be given to it for the same purpose; and in the event that such amount is not raised and given, then the entire principal of this bequest, together with any accumulated income, shall revert to and become a part of my residuary estate.” The residuary estate is given to the legatees named in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Parkhurst v. GinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  2. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of FrankenheimerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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