MATTER OF POTTER


43 Misc.2d 409 (1964)

In the Matter of The Estate of William C. Potter, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Nassau County.

June 30, 1964


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Polk Wardwell Sunderland & Kiendl (Richard Welden of counsel), for petitioner. Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts (Peter H. Kaminer and Elliott D. Hawkins of counsel), for Harriet C. Hansen and others, respondents. Shearman & Sterling (Robert L. Clare, Jr., and Bill G. Andrews of counsel), for Nassau Hospital Assn., respondent. De Forest Elder & Mulreany (Duncan Elder of counsel), for Presbyterian Hospital, respondent. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Howard R. Patch, Jr., of counsel), for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respondent. Joseph F. Carlino, as Special Guardian for Karen Edwards, an infant.


JOHN D. BENNETT, S.

In this accounting proceeding the court is asked to construe the "true and proper meaning and effect of Article Second of the Will" of the deceased, which reads as follows: "I direct that all estate, transfer, succession, inheritance, legacy and similar taxes together with interest and penalties if any upon or with respect to any property required to be included in my gross estate under the...

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