MATTER OF WRIGHT


15 Misc.2d 192 (1958)

In the Matter of The Estate of Claire R. Wright, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

September 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corbin, Bennett & Delahanty for Harold H. Corbin, as executor, petitioner.

Wallstein, Menschel & Wallstein (Leonard M. Wallstein, Jr., and David E. Pitcher, Jr., of counsel), for Y. B. Garden, as executrix, petitioner.

Schlesinger & Berliner (Selma M. L. Berliner, Ephraim Berliner and Jay H. Rick of counsel), for Mary Robinson, respondent.

Paul A. Burt for Leon Davis, respondent.

Ernst, Cane & Berner for Helen W. Erskine, respondent.


JOSEPH A. COX, S.

The second paragraph of the will gives the mother of the testatrix a legacy of $20,000 and some specific property. The fourth paragraph gives her one half of the residue, dividing the other half among five others. The fifth paragraph directs that the bequest to the testatrix' mother "in [Paragraph] `Second' * * * hereof be paid to [her] without any deduction for Federal or State inheritance or succession taxes." The will does not explicitly...

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