Legal Opinion
Baker v. Baker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal by the defendants, Mary E. Baker and others, frpm an interlocutory judgment of partition and sale of the Supreme Court in .favor of the plaintiffs,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of King's on the 1st day of March, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
Tiiis action was brought for the partition of lands of which one Edwin Baker died seized. He left the following will:
“I, Edwin Baker, of .157 Congress St., Brooklyn, do hereby make my will, having burned up the previous one.
“.To Mary E. Baker 1 give what the law allows and no more.
“ To my niece, Florence Ell, of Ho. 6, the G-ables, Hempstead Heath, London, England, I give the sum of ten thousand dollars in trust for my sister Ellen A. Coolcson, her mother.
“ To Susan Murrell, now residing at 456 Pacific street, I give my money in the Atlantic or South Brooklyn Savings Institution,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- White v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Goebel v. . WolfNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Vernon v. . VernonNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Chamberlain v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Hartnett v. . WandellNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re GorraNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re the Estate of WalshNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re Walsh's EstateNew York Surrogate's Court · 1913
- In re the Probate of the Will of LevineNew York Surrogate's Court · 1947
- Wilson v. CurtisIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
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