Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Krooss
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 24, 1951PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFtjld, J.
Herman Krooss died in 1932. He was survived by his wife Eliese and his two children, a son, John Krooss, and a married daughter, Florence Maue. By his will, he gave his residuary estate, real and personal, to his wife, “ to have and to hold the same for and during the term of her natural life,” with the power to use any part of it for her support and maintenance that she deemed necessary; no trust was created. The will further provided:
“ Upon the death of my beloved wife, Eliese Krooss, I then give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, as well real as…
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- Hersee v. . SimpsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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