Legal Opinion
In re the Final Judicial Accounting of Bedell
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 15, 1910PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Proceeding upon the final judicial accounting of an executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Hopkins, S.
Under the will of Gilbert T. Pearsall, de ceased, which was proved in this court February 19, 1891, after disposing of his personal estate he gave his wife the use and income of all his real estate for life. He then directed that il after the death of my wife, Jane Ann Pearsall, I order and direct my executor to sell and dispose of all my real estate with the consent of a majority of my children living at that time and the moneys arising from the sale of the above real estate' to be divided equally among my children, etc.”
The wife died in 1909. The surviving executor sold the real…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ten Eyck v. . WitbeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of FaganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of FaganNew York Surrogate's Court · 1914