Robison v. Female Orphan Asylum of Portland
Supreme Court of the United States
Robert I. Robison, formerly of Portland, in the State of Maine, died on the 13th day of June, 1878, at that time a citizen of the State of New York and resident of Brooklyn, leaving a last will and testament, which was subsequently admitted to probate in the Surrogate’s Court of Kings County, New York, and duly recorded on December 27,1878. .Letters testamentary thereon were on the same .day issued and granted to Jane S. Robison, his widow, who alone qualified fs executrix.
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Robert I. Robison, formerly of Portland, in the State of Maine, died on the 13th day of June, 1878, at that time a citizen of the State of New York and resident of Brooklyn, leaving a last will and testament, which was subsequently admitted to probate in the Surrogate’s Court of Kings County, New York, and duly recorded on December 27,1878. .Letters testamentary thereon were on the same .day issued and granted to Jane S. Robison, his widow, who alone qualified fs executrix. The testator at the time of his death ivas seized of real estate in the city of Portland, and also possessed of a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
It is now contended in argument on the part of the appellant, 1st, that the language of the third subdivision of the will, considered by itself, is sufficient to give to her the real estate in fee and the personal estate absolutely; 2d, that the bequest in the fourth subdivision of the will to Ann Smith and Eleonora Cummings Robison is contingent on one of them surviving both the testator and the complainant, and, as the event happened, never became vested ; 3d, that the bequest to the defendants is'dependent upon the vesting of the bequest to Ann Smith and Eleonora Cummings Robison, being…
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