Legal Opinion
Brown v. Fletcher
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 20, 1917PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Actions by John A. S. Brown and Frank E. Schermer-horn, as trustee for Clara Schermerhorn, under the last will and testa-meqt of Thomas Cunningham, deceased, against Austin B. Fletcher, as testamentary trustee of Conrad Morris Braker, under the last will and testament of Conrad Braker, Jr., deceased, and Conrad Morris Braker.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, District Judge.
Conrad Braker, Jr., died July 21, 1890. His will duly proved, contains the following provisions:
*855“Fourteenth. Out of the above said other one-half of all the rest, residua and remainder of my estate, both, real and personal wherever situated, I give and bequeath 1o Henry J. Braker the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and I direct that the same shall he paid to him within nineteen months from the date of my decease, and that he shall hold the same in trust and securely invested for the special benefit of my son, Conrad Morris Braker. and T direct that the interest…
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- Miller v. . ZeimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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- Mercantile Trust Co. v. GimbernatAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Thompson v. Berry & Van BeurenNew York Court of Chancery · 1818
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