In re the Construction of the Will of Laing

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re the Construction of the Will of Laing

13 A.D.2d 837, 216 N.Y.S.2d 131, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10554

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMay 31, 1961

StatusPublished

This text of 13 A.D.2d 837 (In re the Construction of the Will of Laing) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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In re the Construction of the Will of Laing, 13 A.D.2d 837, 216 N.Y.S.2d 131, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10554 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1961).

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In a proceeding to construe the provisions of decedent’s will and to determine the validity of an election by her husband, pursuant to section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law, the above-named infant beneficiaries, by their special guardian, appeal from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County, dated September 30, 1960, as: (1)-construes paragraph “a” of article “ Second” of the will to give to Doris A. Cheatham an absolute gift of $125,000 and not merely á life interest in $100,000 of that sum; and (2) construes paragraph “e” of- said article “ Second ” to .'give to decedent’s husband an absolute gift of the furniture and house furnishings therein mentioned. Decree, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, with costs to all parties filing briefs, payable out of the estate. No opinion. Beldock, Acting P. J., Kleinfeld, Christ, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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In a proceeding to construe the provisions of decedent’s will and to determine the validity of an election by her husband, pursuant to section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law, the above-named infant beneficiaries, by their special guardian, appeal from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County, dated September 30, 1960, as: (1)-construes paragraph “a” of article “ Second” of the will to give to Doris A. Cheatham an absolute gift of $125,000 and not merely á life interest in $100,000 of that sum; and (2) construes paragraph “e” of- said article “ Second ” to .'give to decedent’s husband an absolute gift of the furniture and house furnishings therein mentioned. Decree, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, with costs to all parties filing briefs, payable out of the estate. No opinion. Beldock, Acting P. J., Kleinfeld, Christ, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur.

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13 A.D.2d 837, 216 N.Y.S.2d 131, 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10554, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-the-construction-of-the-will-of-laing-nyappdiv-1961.