In re the Estate of Britt
New York Surrogate's Court
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
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