MATTER OF HOFFMAN


197 Misc. 205 (1949)

In the Matter of the Construction of The Will of Mary Hoffman, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Kings County.

November 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Bennet for Arthur A. Dignam, as executor of Mary Hoffman, deceased, petitioner.


McGAREY, S.

The executor seeks a construction of the will of testatrix dated January 23, 1947, to determine whether the four legacies of $1,000 each bequeathed under paragraphs "Third" and "Fourth" of the will are a charge on the real property of which she died seized.

The court determines that the language of the will executed prior to the effective date of section 47-d of the Decedent Estate Law, and...

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