New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Application of Abraham Pulis, for an Order Authorizing the Sale of Certain Real Property…
February 27, 1917220 N.Y. 196
Summary
The Court held that the term “children” in a will means only immediate descendants and does not include grandchildren, and that the distribution of the house proceeds must be limited to those who qualify as children at the time the division is to occur, thereby excluding the widow and grandchildren of a deceased child.