MATTER OF LEO


20 A.D.2d 807 (1964)

In the Matter of The Estate of Mary Leo, Deceased. William Peterman et al., Respondents; Jewell O. Peterman, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 23, 1964


Decree, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, with costs to all parties filing separate briefs, payable out of the estate. The canon of construction, to the effect that public policy favors early indefeasible vesting of estates, is not applicable to the devise of a remainder following upon the termination of an intermediate estate (Matter of Larkin, 9 N.Y.2d 88; Matter of Gulbenkian

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