Petry v. . Langan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 2, 1919, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term construing a clause of the will of Charles F. Retry, deceased, reading as follows: “ A one undivided one-half part of said portion of my estate so held in trust, I give, devise and bequeath unto the issfie of my deceased brother, John Retry,…
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Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 2, 1919, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term construing a clause of the will of Charles F. Retry, deceased, reading as follows: “ A one undivided one-half part of said portion of my estate so held in trust, I give, devise and bequeath unto the issfie of my deceased brother, John Retry, absolutely and forever,” the question in controversy being the scope of the word " issue;” whether it included only the…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, without costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Hogan, Cardozo, Crane and Andrews, JJ.
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