Squire v. Bugbee
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Augusta Bugbee and Emma J. Trimble, as administratrices with the will annexed of Seth P. Squire, late of the city of Hew York, deceased, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 19th day of June, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
John H. Ludlam died in 1848 leaving a will, in which he directed that the proceeds of a policy of insurance on his life, issued by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, be invested by his executors and the interest thereon paid to his wife during her life, and at her death to be paid to his children, Sarah L. Squire and Frances Rebecca Squire, or their heirs, in equal proportions. Bela S. Squire and Abraham W. Leggett were named as executors and afterward qualified as such.
Nancy, the widow of Ludlam, died in July, 1898, and Frances Rebecca, having married, died in April,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of MoehringNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Rosen v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904