In Re the Accounting of Chase National Bank
New York Court of Appeals
The provisions of the will show clearly that the testator intended to give to his widow personal property (other than cash or evidences of indebtedness) located or ordinarily kept at Mount Kisco, and thereby to confirm to her the title to the dwelling’s contents.
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The provisions of the will show clearly that the testator intended to give to his widow personal property (other than cash or evidences of indebtedness) located or ordinarily kept at Mount Kisco, and thereby to confirm to her the title to the dwelling’s contents. (Kinkele v. Wilson, 151 N. Y. 269; Matter of Reynolds, 124 N. Y. 388; Matter of Pulis, 220 N. Y. 196; Matter .of Martin, 255 N. Y. 248; Matter of Rooker, 248 N. Y. 361; Salter v. Drowne, 205 N. Y. 204; Matter of Bump, 234 N. Y. 60.) It is the duty of a
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The testator resided in Mount Kisco. After his marriage in 1907 he transferred his home there to his wife. By his last will and testament, executed in 1925, he provided: “ I give and bequeath to my wife, Etta E. Nelson, all personal property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness which I may have at my decease, located or ordinarily kept on the premises at Mount Y., where I now reside.” All the residue of his property, “ both real and personal,” the testator devised and bequeathed to his executors in trust to pay the rents, income and profits thereof to his wife so long as she lived and…
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