Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Reynolds
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 30, 1959Published
1Opinion of the Court
Lott H. Wells, S.
On this executor’s accounting, Orick Reynolds, a son, Leslie Reynolds, Harold Reynolds, and Charles Reynolds, grandsons, have appeared and contend the testamentary provisions are in violation of section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law and are invalid to the extent that testatrix has devised and bequeathed more than one half of her estate, after the payment of debts, to a religious corporation.
Carrie M. Reynolds, the testatrix, died February 16, 1954 leaving a last will and testament dated March 19, 1951. Testa*655trix left surviving a son, Robert J. Reynolds, a son, Orick Reynolds,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Trustees of Amherst College v. RitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Hollis v. . Drew Theological SeminaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In re the Accounting of KeyserlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- In Re the Will of HillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In re the Accounting of Guaranty Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
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