Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Dialogue
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 16, 1936PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The solution of the question of testamentary interpretation here propounded hinges upon an interesting principle of conflict of laws.
The testatrix died on September 30, 1933, a resident of the State of New Jersey, leaving (according to the allegations of the petition) both tangible and intangible property in this county. Her will was duly probated in this court on December 4, 1933.
By the tenth item of this instrument she erected a trust with a corpus of $5,000, the income of which was made payable to Stella Wills for life, the principal, on the death of the latter, to “be divided…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Edwards v. KearzeySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Dupuy v. . WurtzNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Gilliam v. . Guaranty Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of HilliardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Construction of the Will of DahlmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In re the Estate of BattellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
- In re the Estate of GernonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962