Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Bush
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 10, 1925PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.:
In this accounting proceeding a question arises as to the validity of a bequest contained in the 1st codicil to the testator’s will. That codicil, so far as material, reads as follows:
*675“ First. I give and bequeath to my friend Ruth Ethel Marlow two hundred shares of the preferred stock of the par value of $100.00 a share of the Mackay Companies — represented by two certificates of stock, respectively numbered N 6265 and N 6269.”
It is claimed that there was a failure of the gift of this stock. The extrinsic evidence adduced at the hearing showed that the two certificates described in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of Columbia Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In re FriedmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- In re the Estate of CartledgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
- In Re the Will of ManningNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In re the Construction of the Will of ManningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Cuppett v. NeillyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. RoestNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1933
- In Re the Will of BauerNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Intermediate Account of Proceedings of BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
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