Case Name: In the Matter of the Construction of the Will of Jessie E. Grantham, Deceased. Charles A. Lott, as Executor of Ethal M. Lott, Deceased, Appellant; Esther Margulies, as Executrix of Jessie E. Grantham, Deceased, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-11-05
Citations: 279 A.D. 658
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Construction of the Will of Jessie E. Grantham, Deceased. Charles A. Lott, as Executor of Ethal M. Lott, Deceased, Appellant; Esther Margulies, as Executrix of Jessie E. Grantham, Deceased, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 658–659

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Construction of the Will of Jessie E. Grantham, Deceased. Charles A. Lott, as Executor of Ethal M. Lott, Deceased, Appellant; Esther Margulies, as Executrix of Jessie E. Grantham, Deceased, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Paragraph "Third" of the will does not describe or refer to any property which is to be given nor does it mention or describe who is to receive it. Whatever the intention of the testatrix may have been she has failed to express it. Adel, Sneed, Wenzel and Mac Crate, JJ., concur; Johnston, Acting P. J., concurs in the dismissal of the appeal from the decree entered April 19, 1951, but dissents from the modification of the decree entered December 29, 1950, and votes to affirm. (Matter of Selner, 261 App. Div. 618, affd. 287 N. Y. 664; Masterson V. Townshend, 123 N. Y. 458.)