Legal Opinion
In Re the Will of Chapal
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 14, 1936PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoughran, J.
This proceeding was brought for the construction of a will and for the instruction of trustees respecting their administration of parts of a testamentary trust estate.
Antonin Chapal, who died in July, 1928, divided his residuary estate into two equal parts which he devised and bequeathed to his executors in trust with directions in substance as follows: (1) To pay the income of one part to his wife, Blanche Chapal, during her life, and on her death to distribute three-fourths of the principal thereof to his daughter, Francoise, and one-fourth to his stepson, Robert Irving Chapal. (2) To pay…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Furniss v. . CruikshankNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Meldon v. DevlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Meldon v. . DevlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of MarshallNew York Surrogate's Court · 1904
3Cited by67 opinions
- Demorest v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Nirdlinger's Estate (No. 2)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- In Re the Accounting of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee Under the Will of OtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Nirdlinger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- In Re the Accounting of RowlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
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