Legal Opinion

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Kent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 16, 1916PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by Thomas B. Kent and another, as trustees, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in the office of the clerk of said Surrogate’s Court on the 10th day of November, 1915, directing a partial distribution to Beatrice B. Moore of her one-fourth interest in this estate. Appeal by Beatrice B. Moore from so much of said decree as limits the distribution to her at this time of $25,000 in cash.

1Opinion of the Court

Page, J.:

These are cross-appeals from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court directing a distribution of $25,000 to Beatrice B. Moore on account of her one-fourth share in the principal of the estate of Thomas Butter, deceased. The will of Thomas Butter directed the residue of his estate to be held by the executors in trust for the benefit of his widow and upon her death to be divided into as many shares as there should be children of him then living and children of him then dead but represented by lawful issue then living, and to transfer and pay over the share intended for the lawful issue then…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Central Union Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1923
  2. In re the Construction of the Will of BushAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
  3. In re the Estate of BackusNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
  4. In re the Estate of FlintNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  5. In re Kings County Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929

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