Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Antoni

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 21, 1946PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Griffiths, S.

The executor has instituted the instant proceeding for a construction pursuant to the provisions of sec*989tion 145 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. The question as to whether the testator by article “ Fifteenth ” of his will created a valid charitable trust requires a consideration of the context of such provisions, which reads as follows: “I give and bequeath to Louis Dtckman the sum of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3500.00) subject to the following trust; to invest and reinvest the principal of said sum and to use the rents, issues and profits therefrom for the benefit of the widows…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of ClaytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. In re the Estate of CarpenterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
  3. In re the Estate of DreyfussNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In re the Construction of the Will of LawlessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
  2. In re the Accounting of FosterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
  3. In re the Construction of the Will of MorganNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
  4. In re the Construction of the Will of GardiniNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
  5. In re the Estate of OllesheimerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1953

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