Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Gosden
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 30, 1936PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Paragraph third of this will reads as follows:
“Third. I give, devise and bequeath unto my dear nephews John Edwin Donohue, William Francis Donohue and Jerome Brady Stack, all of Baltimore, Maryland, in equal shares, their heirs and assigns, all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, of whatsoever consisting and wheresoever situate.”
The problems presented have origin in the circumstance that the testatrix’s nephew, John Edwin Donohue, has predeceased her.
The language of the Court of Appeals in Matter of Tamargo (220 N. Y. 225, at p. 229) is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of TamargoNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Chamberlain v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- In re the Estate of WeissmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
- Morton v. . WoodburyNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Dwight v. FancherNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re GeorgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- In re the Estate of KearneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939