Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1960PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
This appeal by St. Thomas Church in New York City is from an affirmance of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court construing the will and codicil of the late George S. Scott and applying the cy pres doctrine thereto. It raises questions whether a bequest to this religious corporation was absolute, and, if not, whether the purposes of the testator as expressed in his testament have been followed or ignored in the variance which has been made by cy pres in the disposition of the gift which the decedent directed. Inasmuch as the subject assets have been transferred to New York where St. Thomas Church…
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