Lanier v. Taylor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The question presented is whether the plaintiff, the life beneficiary of a testamentary trust, is entitled to all or a part of certain cash dividends or distributions recently declared by the United Thacker Coal Company, a Maine corporation, owning coal lands in West Virginia. The defendants are the testamentary trustees and the remaindermen under the trust. They deny that the plaintiff is entitled to any of these dividends, claiming that the same should be held for the remaindermen as principal of the trust. The testator, Heber R. Bishop, died in December, 1902, his will being…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Lawrence v. . LittlefieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Edwards v. EdwardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Dreiser v. John Lane Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Hazzard v. PhilipsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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