Chamberlain v. . Chamberlain

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1871-01-24

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Allen, J. If the residuary bequests are valid, there was an equitable conversion of the whole estate into personalty *432 for all the purposes of the will. The gifts were of money, the avails of the real and personal estate, and the conversion of-the realty into personalty under the authority conferred u…

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