Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Vause
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 3, 1934PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Paragraph 1st of the will now before the court reads as follows:
“1st. I give and bequeath One Dollar to Lorne N. Vause, my husband, because he has never maintained a home for me or our child since we were married He has failed to support me or the child since we were married and has never lived with us.”
By paragraph 2d $1,000 is given to a friend, Mary Mildred *65Dietz. Paragraph 3d, the provisions of which the court is now asked to construe, contains the following:
“ 3rd. I give, devise and bequeath to my son, Lorne N. Vause, Jr., now living at St. John’s Home, St. Marks Avenue and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Vanderzee v. SlingerlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- McCormack v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Kendall v. CaseNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re the Estate of NugentNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of JohnsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of ArgentoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962