Staunton v. Parker
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree of the surrogate of Monroe county, admitting to probate the will of Joseph Field, deceased, and two codicils thereto. On the 20th day of April, 1876, Joseph Field made his will, devising about $450,000 in specific legacies, dividing the balance of his estate (estimated at about $1,000,000) among his three daughters, and nominated his said three daughters, and Mr. Joseph A. Eastman, as executors.
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Appeal from a decree of the surrogate of Monroe county, admitting to probate the will of Joseph Field, deceased, and two codicils thereto. On the 20th day of April, 1876, Joseph Field made his will, devising about $450,000 in specific legacies, dividing the balance of his estate (estimated at about $1,000,000) among his three daughters, and nominated his said three daughters, and Mr. Joseph A. Eastman, as executors. On the 6th day of October, 1876, he added a codicil to this will, by which he directed the maimer in which certain of said legacies were to be paid, and the funds kept invested.…
1Opinion of the Court
Talcott, P. J.:
This is an appeal from the order of the surrogate of Monroe county, admitting to probate the will of Joseph Field, and a codicil thereto, dated October 6, 1876, and also a further codicil, dated the 5th of October, 1878, by which the respondent was appointed an executor. The testator died in January, 1879, at the age of ninety-three years. The appellants are the three daughters of the testator. The three daughters and one other legatee filed allegations against the proving of the second codicil, whereby the respondent was appointed one of the executors, on the ground that the…
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