Case ID: ad_223/html/0722-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Petition of William J. Kennedy, Individually and as Executor and Trustee, etc., of John E. Kennedy, Deceased. Susan V. Tuohy, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., and Others, Appellants; William J. Kennedy, Individually and as Executor, etc., and Others, Respondents.
    
      
       Revd., 248 N. Y. 399
    
   Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county reversed upon the law, without costs, in so far as it construes the will, and decree directed construing the will as giving to the decedent’s widow her dower right in the real property and one-half of the testator’s personal estate plus the sum of $2,000. Young, Rich and Kapper, JJ., concur; Carswell, J., dissents and votes to affirm; Hagarty, J., not voting. Settle order on notice.