Legal Opinion
In re Shannon's Will
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 16, 1896PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from surrogate’s court, Yates county. Application by Mary S. Harpending, executrix, for the probate ■of the will of Harrison Shannon, deceased. From that part of a decree declaring void a codicil to the will, an order granting letters testamentary, and an order denying a motion for new trial, the Dundee Baptist Church, legatee, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHardin, P. J.
On the 23d of March, 1886, Harrison Shannon executed his will, which contained a provision as follows:
“If I do not myself erect, or cause to be erected, in my lifetime, a new church edifice on the ground in Dundee aforesaid, on which the church edifice now occupied as a place of public worship by the Baptist Church of which I am a member is situated, then I give and bequeath to my said executrix, out of my said personal estate, the sum of ten thousand dollars, in trust, to be used and expended in the erection and furnishing of a new church edifice on the grounds aforesaid.”
The bequest was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of SnellingNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In re Folts' WillNew York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Campbell's WillNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912