Hoppock v. Tucker
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree of the surrogate of ¡New York. The questions litigated arose in the final accounting of the executors of the will of Jacob Hoppock, deceased. The surrogate decided that the devisees referred to in the opinion took as a class.
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, P. J.
The testator, after first making provision for the payment of his debts and funeral and testamentary charges and expenses, and for his widow during her life, and after making certain specific bequests, proceeds to divide the residue of his estate, real and personal, into six equal shares or parts. His language indi*654cates in strong and clear terms his intention that this equal division shall apply to and embrace every remaining portion of his property, including not only the provision for his widow if she does not accept the same in lieu of dower, and the remainder thereof after her decease if…
2Cited by1 opinion
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