Ryder v. Lott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Appeal by the defendants, Isaac Cortelyou' and others, from a •judgment of the Supreme' Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered!,in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 25th day .of January, 1907, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, adjudging the said defendants to ■have no right or title to certain bonds and mortgages therein specified.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
' The decision of .this appeal entirely depends upon the construction of the last part of the 3d paragraph and the 4th paragraph of •the will of'Catherine L: Williamson and the codicil thereto. If the testatrix’s husband took an absolute fee under the will the judgment. must be affirmed; otherwise not.- Those parts of the will and the codicil in- question read as follows:
“ Third. *’ "" *' All the rest, residue and remainder .of my personal estate and all my real estate I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved husband, William K. Williamson, for and during his natural life, and it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cutting v. . CuttingNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Keefe v. KeefeNew York Supreme Court · 1929
- In re the Estate of NeuwirthNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of WhitingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933