Legal Opinion
In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Sweeney
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 15, 1923PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Schulz, S.
The decedent left two testamentary documents which have been proved as her last will and testament. By the first, dated March 5, 1921, she gave, devised and bequeathed all of her *664property, “ both real, personal or mixed of whatsoever description or wheresoever situated,” to her sister, Mary Alice Sweeney, “ to have and to hold unto herself forever.” The other was dated 'February 23, 1922. It contained no revocation clause and the two instruments must, therefore, be read together. Herzog v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co., 177 N. Y. 86, 93; Hard v. Ashley, 117 id. 606, 613.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- People v. . BallardNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Tillman v. . OgrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Leggett v. . FirthNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of DinkelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re a Construction of the Last Will & Testament of WeissNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
- In re the Construction of the Last Will & Testament of HartNew York Surrogate's Court · 1923
- In re the Estate of EndersNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of DzwoniarekNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932