In re the Construction of the Will of Manning
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Agnes Manning Banon from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said surrogate’s office on the 2d day of July, 1919, in so far as it construes paragraph 32 of the will of the testator as limiting the legacy thereby given to her to “ State of Virginia interest scrip certificates or Brown Brothers certificates issued for State of Virginia interest scrip certificates,” owned by the testator at the time of his death, and holds that the…
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Appeal by Agnes Manning Banon from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said surrogate’s office on the 2d day of July, 1919, in so far as it construes paragraph 32 of the will of the testator as limiting the legacy thereby given to her to “ State of Virginia interest scrip certificates or Brown Brothers certificates issued for State of Virginia interest scrip certificates,” owned by the testator at the time of his death, and holds that the Brown Brothers certificates for the State of Virginia certificates for principal owned by the testator at the time of…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a proceeding by the executors for the construction of the will of John B. Manning. The will was duly executed on the 16th day of May, 1914, and the testator died bn the 23d of April, 1918, and his will was duly admitted to probate on the 24th day of May, 1918. The point on which the executors were desirous of having the will construed arose under paragraph 32 thereof, which is as follows:
“ Thirty-two. It is further my wish that my Executors turn *577over to my daughter Agnes Manning Banon, the West Virginia State Bonds, North Carolina and South Carolina State Bonds which my…
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