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3 Lans. 348

Chamberlain v. Chamberlain

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1870

New York Supreme Court · decided 1870-05-15

Appeals taken from judgment recovered under the direction of the Special Term, held in Cattaraugus county, before the Hon. G-eorge Barker, one of the justices of this court, in an action brought to determine the validity of the will of Benjamin Chamberlain, deceased. At the time when the will was executed, the testator resided in the county of Cattaraugus, and the execution of the same took place at West Randolph, in that county, on the 17th of December, 1867.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 1915

3 state decisions

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Decided 1870-05-15

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Marvin, J.,

¶1concurred with both the opinions in holding

¶2the bequest to the Centenary Fund Society for the benefit of the Alleghany College void, and in holding that the contingent bequests in remainder to the Centenary Fund Society and the Genesee Conference were also void. He also concurred with Hr. Justice Talcott in holding that the Chamberlain Institute was not restricted to such an amount of the bequest in its favor as would yield au annual income of $4,000 ; and he dissented from the conclusion that the widow was entitled *394to her dower and her distributive share in the real and personal estate of the deceased husband.

¶3The judgment of the Special Term was so far modified as to declare the contingent bequests to the Centenary Fund Society and the Genesee Conference void; that the widow had not elected to take the provision made for her by the will, and that she was therefore entitled to her dower in the testator’s real estate, and to her distributive share of his unbequeathed personal estate, and that the Chamberlain Institute was capable of taking the entire interest bequeathed to it by the terms of the will. As so modified the judgment was affirmed, with costs to each of the parties out of the funds in hands of the executors.

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