Genet v. . Hunt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 22, 1887, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought by plaintiffs, as executors of the will of Caroline 3VI. Biggs, deceased, to obtain a judicial construction of said will.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 22, 1887, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought by plaintiffs, as executors of the will of Caroline 3VI. Biggs, deceased, to obtain a judicial construction of said will. In 1853, Mrs. Biggs, then Miss Field, in anticipation of marriage with George F. Biggs, executed a trust deed, by which she conveyed all of her estate, real and personal, to trustees. ' The terms of the trust, as stated in…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The question presented on this record is whether the trusts created by the will of Caroline M. Biggs, dated June 27, 1867, are valid within the law of perpetuities, or are void for remoteness. There can be no doubt that if the testatrix, at her death, was the absolute owner of the estate embraced in the trusts, they were valid both in respect of their purposes and. duration. In general character they are trusts to apply the rents, profits and income of the trust estate for the support and maintenance of two children of the testatrix during their lives, respectively, with remainder on the…
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