Deckelmann v. Braunsdorf
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Rockland county. Application' by Wilhelmina Deckelmann and others for an order authorizing and requiring John H. Braunsdorf, as trustee, to repair a building belonging to the trust estate. The application was granted, and the trustee appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
The appellant is trustee under the will of his father, Julius Braunsdorf. The trust is substantially to hold a share of the testator’s estate during the life of his daughter, income to be paid to her during life, and, upon her decease, the share to go to her children or descendants. On the death of the testator’s widow, the appellant received, as part of the corpus of the trust, a dwelling house and a sum of money on deposit in the savings bank. At the time the dwelling house was allotted to the trustee, it was so far out of repair as to be untenantable. The life tenant demanded that the…
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