Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Britt

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided December 15, 1942Published

1Opinion of the Court

Rogan, S.

By the 1‘ First ’ ’ provision of her will, the testatrix bequeathed to her husband, John J. Britt, all of her property “ to have and to hold, to use and enjoy the same during the term of his natural life, with power to my said husband to use so much of the corpus of my aforesaid real and personal estate as he may, in his absolute discretion, deem necessary or convenient, and, on the death of my said husband, I give and bequeath whatever is left of my said real and personal property, to my nephew, Alfred Bendell, son of my sister, Anna J. Bendell,to have and to hold the same in fee…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Vincent v. RixNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  2. In Re the Accounting of Ithaca Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. In re StevensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
  4. In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939

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