Smith v. . Edwards

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1882-02-28

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Finch, J. Three clauses of the testator’s will are submitted for our construction. Two of them may be better understood and explained if we first dispose of the graver and more difficult questions which arise out of the sixteenth clause. That begins with a statement that the testator has $30,000 invested in United States registered bonds. He does not give this fund expressly to his e…

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