In Re the Will of Martin
New York Court of Appeals
In Re the Will of Martin, 170 N.E. 151 (N.Y. 1929)
252 N.Y. 582; 1929 N.Y. LEXIS 662
In Re the Will of Martin
Opinion of the Court
Order of the Appellate Division reversed and decree of the surrogate modified by holding that the legacy of stock to Mary Powley and the Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital is a specific legacy not subject to abatement with general legacies and as so modified affirmed, with costs in this court and the Appellate Division to all parties filing briefs in this court payable out of the estate.
Concur: Pound, Crane, Lehman, Kellogg and O’Brien, JJ. Not sitting: Cardozo, Ch. J., and Hubbs, J.
Reference
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- In the Matter of the Will of Catherine Martin, Deceased. Niagara. Falls Memorial Hospital, Appellant; Robert W. Carter, as Executor, Et Al., Respondents
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- Published