Case Name: Mary P. Spencer, Respondent, v. Richard S. Childs et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1955-10-04
Citations: 286 A.D. 996
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary P. Spencer, Respondent, v. Richard S. Childs et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 286
Pages: 996–996

Head Matter:
Mary P. Spencer, Respondent, v. Richard S. Childs et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
No opinion. Concur — Breitel, J. P., Bastow, Botein and Rabin, JJ.; Cox, J., dissents and votes to reverse and dismiss the complaint in the following memorandum: This court heretofore upheld the sufficiency of the complaint (283 App. Div. 788). On the trial of the action, plaintiff failed to sustain the burden cast upon her by the law. There is a complete failure of proof to establish that the testatrix intended that the words in paragraph 3d of the testatrix' will should constitute a mandatory direction to her children to make the payments therein set forth. The judgment should be reversed and the complaint dismissed.