In Re Young's Will’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““An analysis of Item 11 indicates that in connection with this trust fund of $100,000 Mrs. Young had only her relatives in mind. She starts with her niece, Clara Lamb McCoy; her next provision is for Albert It. McCoy, son of Clara; then Crawford McCoy, grandson of Clara; finally she concludes that twenty-one years after the death of Clara the principal ‘shall be paid equally to the heirs of said Clara Lamb McCoy.’ This careful listing of relatives, and complete failure to indicate persons outside the family, is an indication that she intended to hold both principal and interest of this trust fund within the family circle.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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