Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Bishop

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided May 27, 1949PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Collins, S.

The trust created for Mary C. Bishop, one of the testator’s eight children, terminated upon her death which occurred on February 1, 1948. She had never married, left no issue and was survived by only one brother and one sister. The other five children of the testator had died in the period between his death and hers, all of them leaving issue now living. The will directs that the one eighth of the residuary estate held in trust for Mary C. Bishop shall under these circumstances “ be divided among * * * her brothers and sisters, share and share alike, the issue of any deceased child…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  3. Salter v. . DrowneNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  4. In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
  5. In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1892

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Construction of the Will of AstorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
  2. In re the Intermediate Accounting of Montgomery County Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1959
  3. In re the Final Accounting of Guaranty Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1956

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