Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Childs
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 19, 1956PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Plaintiff, now 87 years of age, is a sister-in-law of Nellie Childs who died in 1946; defendants are the latter’s children who were named by her as executors in her last will and testament. It is a provision of that will, Paragraph Third, which now engages our attention; in it, Mrs. Childs declared:
“ I request my two children, Richard S. Childs and Mary Childs Draper, or the survivor of them, to pay to my sister-in-law, Mary Parker Spencer, now residing at Manchester, Connecticut, the sum of Two hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents ($208.33) per month as long as she shall live.”
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