New York Court of Appeals
W. Irving Clark, as Trustee of Mary Ann Gillespie Under the Will of Thomas L. Clark, Deceased, Respondent v. Henry…
October 3, 1899160 N.Y. 315
Summary
The Court affirmed that the $10,000 remainder in Thomas L. Clark's will was contingent, not vested in his niece's sons, and because they died without issue before the life estate terminated, the fund passed by intestacy to the testator's next of kin under the Statute of Distribution.