Case Name: In the Matter of the Application for the Construction of Certain Provisions of the Will of Mary H. Ward, Deceased
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-05-05
Citations: 251 A.D. 781
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application for the Construction of Certain Provisions of the Will of Mary H. Ward, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 781–781

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application for the Construction of Certain Provisions of the Will of Mary H. Ward, Deceased.

Opinion:
Decree affirmed, with costs payable out of the estate. Memorandum: We construe the word " heirs " in this will as comprising those who would have been heirs if testatrix's son George had died contemporaneously with the testatrix and under this construction the respondent, the widow of the testatrix's son George, is an heir of her husband. (Dec. Est. Law, § 81, 83; Matter of Chalmers, 264 N. Y. 239.) All concur. (The decree construes a will.) Present — Sears, P. J., Edgcomb, Crosby, Lewis and Cunningham, JJ.