Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Ayvazian
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 9, 1934PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
It would be difficult to imagine a more confused and complicated situation than that in which the present executors and trustees have involved themselves in their management of this estate. This condition is further accentuated by the fact that a surety is concerned in their liability in their trust capacity, but is not responsible for their acts as executors, and that the fiduciaries have wholly failed to differentiate the capacities in which their several acts were performed.
The will, as far as here material, created a fife estate for the testator’s widow, Lucy Ayvazian, in the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Pollitz v. . Wabash R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Adair v. . BrimmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Stevens v. . MelcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- S. & E. Motor Hire Corp. v. New York Indemnity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by17 opinions
- In re the Accounting of HubbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Adams v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
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- In re the Estate of JacobsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
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