Majority
p. 682(77 Misc. Rep. 655.) In re BAUERDORF. (Surrogates’ Court, New York County. October, 1912.)
Headnote
Wills (§ 498*)—Construction—“Issue.”The word “issue,” when used in a will and unexplained by the context, means all descendants of each of the sisters and brother of decedent.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Wills, Cent. Dig. §§ 1087-1089; Dec. Dig. § 498*
For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 4, pp. 3782-3792; vol. 8, p. 7693.]
In the matter of the accounting of Charles F. Bauerdorf, surviving executor of Kilian Heintz. Order to renotice decree for settlement. See, also, 138 N. Y. Supp. 673 .
Hugo H. Ritterbusch, of New York City, for executor.
Richard M. Bruno, of New York City, for Elizabeth Barth.
Leon Lewin, of New York City, for Johannes Heintz.
Jacob E. Salomon, of New York City, special guardian.
The term “issue” in the third paragraph of the will is used by the testator in a general and unrestricted sense and all the descendants of each of the sisters and the brother are entitled to share equally in such part of the estate as he or she would have become entitled to upon surviving the life beneficiary. Drake v. Drake, 134 N. Y. 220 , 32 N. E. 114 , 17 L. R. A. 664 ; Soper v. Brown, 136 N. Y. 244 , 32 N. E. 768 , 32 Am. St. Rep. 731 ; United States Trust Co. v. Tobias (Sup.) 4 N. Y. Supp. 211 .
Renotice decree for settlement.
Cases cited
- Drake v. Drake 134 N. Y. 220 p. 682
- Soper v. Brown 136 N. Y. 244 p. 682