Legal Opinion
In re the Will of Link
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 22, 1943PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
In this accounting by the executors of the estate a controversy has arisen as to whether the legacies under the will are general or specific. The testatrix made her will on September 24, 1933, four days before she died. After directing the payment of her debts and funeral expenses, she bequeathed her entire estate to two individuals, her friend, Claudine Tobin, and her niece, Edith L. Salter. The dispositive provisions read as follows:
“ Second: I give and bequeath to my friend, Claudine Tobin, of No. 46 West 74th Street, New York City, all my jewelry, personal ornaments, wearing…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Stimson v. . VromanNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In Re the Estate of CrouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- McGoldrick v. BodkinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of GoetzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ledbetter v. LedbetterTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- Douglass v. DouglassCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
- In re the Estate of WingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- Douglass v. DouglassCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945