Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Parker

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 15, 1922PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Proceeding to construe a will.

1Opinion of the Court

Cohalan, S.

This is a proceeding to construe a will. The question is whether the eighth article of the codicil eliminated from the will the testator’s grandson, Ransom J. Parker, and his issue, *122wherever their names appeared, or whether the effect of said article was merely to substitute the testator’s two sisters for Ransom J. Parker as executor and trustee. The article is as follows:

“ Eighthly. I hereby direct that the name, ' Ransom J. Parker,’ one of the Executors and Trustees named in my said last Will and Testament in sub-division marked ‘ Fifthly ’ thereof, be stricken out and eliminated…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Calhoun v. . MillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Goodwin v. . CoddingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  3. Dunlap v. GillNew York Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of GrubeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
  2. In re the Estate of HennessyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
  3. In re the Construction of the Will of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
  4. In re the Construction of the Will of CamacNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958

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