MATTER OF CRANE


36 Misc.2d 720 (1962)

In the Matter of The Estate of Percy H. Crane, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

June 19, 1962


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. Levine for Nancy C. Smith, as general guardian of Diana Davis and another, infants, petitioner. William P. McCooe, as special guardian for Asa Hoffmann, an infant, respondent. David Hoffmann and Mercedes Hoffmann, as administrators c.t.a. and as executors of Margaret P. Crane, deceased, respondents. Gerdes, Montgomery & Miller for New York University and another, respondents. Karelsen & Karelsen for Ethical Culture Schools, respondent.


S. SAMUEL DI FALCO, S.

The testator bequeathed his entire estate to his wife. A later paragraph of his will (par. sixth) provides: "In the event that my beloved wife * * * shall predecease me, or we die at the same time, or as a result of the same accident or disaster, or during a joint last illness, or under circumstances that are such that the order of our deaths cannot be ascertained with reasonable certainty, then and in any of such events...

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