Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Snowden

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided July 24, 1931PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pelletreau, S.

The court is asked to construe certain provisions of the will of James H. Snowden. Decedent’s children Marian Snowden and Janet Snowden are by his first marriage. The parents were divorced and the first wife still survives. She has remarried and her name now is Marian Adair Davidson. The decedent also remarried and is survived by his second wife, Beulah M. Snowden. This controversy relates particularly to the following clauses of the will:

*871“ Second. I give and bequeath unto my daughters, Marian Snowden and Janet Snowden, the miniature of my mother, the furniture in their bed…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morton v. . WoodburyNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. In Re the Accounting of GordenNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  3. In re the Estate of ScolpinoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of BarnettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957
  2. In re the Accounting of Hanover BankNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
  3. In re the Construction of the Will of WohlstadterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955

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