Curtis v. Curtis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Ada Florence Curtis and others, from parts of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondents, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of February, 1918, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The action was brought to settle the accounts of the trustees of a trust created by the 5th paragraph of the will of Sylvester J. Curtis, deceased, and for a construction of the will in respect to the trust provision. It was referred to a referee to hear and determine, and the accounts were stated and allowed. There is no question as to the statement of the account. The sole question is as to the construction of the will and the distribution and payment over of the funds on hand. The creator of the trust, Sylvester J. Curtis, died in September, 1899, leaving him surviving his…
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