Beekman v. Bonsor
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. The complaint was filed in 1851, by the plaintiff, as administrator with the will annexed, to procure a judicial construction of the last will and testament of William Barthrop, late of Kinderhook in the county of Columbia, deceased.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. The complaint was filed in 1851, by the plaintiff, as administrator with the will annexed, to procure a judicial construction of the last will and testament of William Barthrop, late of Kinderhook in the county of Columbia, deceased. The facts, so far as material to the questions involved, are as follows: William Barthrop, the testator, died at Kinderhook on the 20th of October, 1838, leaving real and personal estate which amounted to about $200,000, and nearly all of which was personal estate. Previous to his death he made a will with several codicils, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Comstock, Ch. J.
It will be convenient to consider, first, that part of the will which relates to the establishment of a dispensary for indigent sick and lame persons. By that provision the testator declared that he “ would wish a public dispensary, as in Hew York, on a similar plan, for indigent persons, both sick and lame, to be attended, by a physician elected to the establishment, at their own houses, and also daily *303at the establishment. My executors to consult judicious men in Albany respecting the same, and funds enough to carry on the building and yearly expenses.” According to one…
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