Russell v. Hilton
New York Supreme Court
Action for the construction of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The purpose of this action is to obtain a judicial construction of the last will and testament of Henry Hilton, deceased. The testator had been successively a lawyer in active practice, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the city of New York, and a successful man of affairs, engaged in large enterprises. His will is in his own handwriting and is extremely inartificial in form, suggesting numerous questions of construction. In view of the testator’s life history it is to be assumed, however informal his will may be, that he used the language in which it is couched, with a precise…
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