In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of the Executors
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second department, entered upon an order made September 13, 1882, which modified and affirmed as modified a decree of the surrogate of the county of Dutchess on settlement of the accounts of the executors of the will of Mary Hobart Verplanck, deceased. (Mem. of decision below, 27 Hun, 609.) The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
The testatrix, Mary H. Verplanek, died in March, 1879, a widow, leaving as her only next of kin and heirs at law, her brother, John Henry Hobart, and her sister, Elizabeth C. Hare. Mr. Hobart, at the time of his sister’s death, was a widower with two children, John Henry Hobart, Jr., and Mary C. Hobart, both of full age. Mrs. Hare was a married woman with nine children, all of full age. The testatrix left a will and four codicils thereto, the provisions of which present the questions for our consideration. Among the provisions of the will is the following : “ I give and bequeath to my…
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