Sinnott v. Gidney’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““FIRST: I direct that my Executrix, hereinafter named, pay from my estate all of my just debts and funeral expenses. “SECOND: I give and bequeath to my sister, ELIZABETH K. SINNOT, all of my personal property of every kind and nature, of which I may die possessed, including all cash, stocks, bonds, bank accounts and savings and loan accounts, and including any personal property of any kind or nature which I may have received or which I shall have the right to receive from the Estate of my sister, ANNIE KELIEHOR, who departed this life on November 2, 1950. “THIRD: All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, which is real property situated in the State of Texas, I give, devise and bequeath as follows, to-wit: One-fifth (1/5) to my sister, MARGARET GIDNEY, and in the event she does not survive me to her children share and share alike; one-fifth (1/5) to my sister ELIZABETH K. SINNOTT, and in the event she does not survive me to her children, share and share alike; one-fifth (1/5) to my brother, CHARLES J. KELIEHOR, and if he does not survive me to his children, share and share alike; one-fifth (1/5) to the surviving children of my sister, MARY BARNHART, now deceased * * * ; and one-fifth (1/5) to the surviving children of my brother, WILLIAM KELIEHOR, now deceased * * * *. “FOURTH: I make no bequest to my brother, JOSEPH E. KELIEHOR, whom I love very much. “FIFTH: * * * [Margaret Gidney and Elizabeth K. Sinnott appointed independent executrices without bond] * * * I dir”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sinnott v. Gidney